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June 5 is Naksa Day | Reading List

To commemorate Nakba Day, we present a reading list on the history of settler violence, global resistance, and Palestinian art and identity.

Verso Books 4 June 2026

June 5 is Naksa Day | Reading List

During the Six-Day War, which began June 5, 1967, the Israeli military took control of Palestinian territories, bringing destruction to Palestinian villages and displacing hundreds of thousands of civilians. Naksa Day (June 5) commemorates these displaced Palestinians and demands that we never forget the ongoing horrors brought upon the Palestinian people by Israel and its allies in the West.

In the wake of Israel's expanison in 1967, Ghassan Kanafani wrote Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation, 1948-1968, which has now been translated into English for the first time and will be available this October.

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The Violence of the Israeli Occupation

“What we are witnessing being done to Gaza has dangerous implications for the entire world.”— Omar Barghouti

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Palestinian Artists, Novelists, and Poets

Art has always been a way for me to survive. In Gaza … creativity becomes not just an expression but a necessity.” — Shareef Sarhan

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The Verso Palestine Pamphlets

Through these pamphlets, the series seeks to help deepen our understanding of Palestine’s long struggle for liberation.

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Dismantling Zionist Ideology

“Zionism is a self-contained system of truth, with an origin story inspired by divine right, a bridge over its wretched beginnings.” — Mary Turfah

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International Palestine Solidarity and Its Repression

The last year of repression shows how much violence they are willing to inflict on us in order to protect the interests of capital and empire. Our commitment to humanity is on trial.” — Maryam Iqbal

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A Historical Perspective: From the Balfour Declaration to Today

"Palestinian resistance against Israeli apartheid, armed and otherwise, will persist as long as apartheid persists.” — Tareq Baconi

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From the River to the Sea

This free ebook provides important grounding for the urgent discussions taking place across the Palestine solidarity movement — published in collaboration with Haymarket Books.

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  • Men in the Sun

    Men in the Sun

    Three Palestinian men embark on a brutal and treacherous odyssey across the Iraqi desert to Kuwait, not for liberation but material betterment. Under the indifferent brutality of border bureaucracy...
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  • The Killing of Gaza

    The Killing of Gaza

    Gideon Levy is one of the most respected critics of Israel's apartheid policies against the Palestinian people. He is the outspoken award-winning journalist who has been writing on the conflict for...
  • Hollow Land
    How does Israel extend its control over Palestinian lands? From the tunnels of Gaza to the militarized airspace of the Occupied Territories, Eyal Weizman unravels the mechanisms of control and how ...
  • Palestine Speaks
    For more than six decades, Israel and Palestine have been the center of one of the world’s most widely reported yet least understood human rights crises. In Palestine Speaks men and women from the ...
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  • Hyper-Zionism

    Hyper-Zionism

    Germany remains unmatched across Europe in its unconditional support for the Israeli state. Since October 7, 2023, the German state has particularly distinguished itself in its brutal repression of...
  • The Case for Sanctions Against Israel

    The Case for Sanctions Against Israel

    In July 2011, Israel passed legislation outlawing the public support of boycott activities against the state, corporations, and settlements, adding a crackdown on free speech to its continuing bloc...

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