| About MossawaOur MissionStaff and BoardDonateGet InvolvedSupportersLinks | BBC - Israeli Arabs defiant on 'loyalty laws' planThe BBC's Heather Sharp reports from the Israeli-Arab town of Um al-Fahm, where residents are angry over two proposed laws apparently aimed at increasing their loyalty to the state of Israel. "They're welcome to jail us," says Suleiman Fahmawi. He is planning next year's Nakba march, even though it could be illegal.
Every year, as Israelis celebrate their independence with flags and barbecues, he organises mourning marches to destroyed Arab villages. In the 1948 Nakba, or "catastrophe", 700,000 Palestinians fled or were forced from their homes as Israel claimed its independence. A controversial bill backed by a government committee in Israel's Knesset last week is seeking to ban marking it in Israel.
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