FPA: The Massacre of Deir Yassin – Lessons for Today

FPA: The Massacre of Deir Yassin – Lessons for Today

Free Palestine Alliance

Introduction:
April 9, 1948 is engraved in the collective memory of the Palestinian people – it is the day the Zionist movement carried out the Massacre of Deir Yassin. In our commemoration of this monumental turning point, the FPA attempts to draw lessons for today as we place the struggle of our people in its historical context.

We believe that we are presently enduring a period in Palestine and elsewhere that is similar in many ways to that of the Nakba era , during which Arab regimes and functionary aristocracies played a critical role in … Continue reading