![]() ![]() Today, more than 60% of the estimated 14.3 million Palestinians are displaced. The 1948 Palestine war, which led to the creation of the Israeli state, left Palestinian society leaderless, disorganised and scattered. And they see it in the regular violations of their human rights, both inside Israel and in the “occupied territories” and Gaza Strip.įor Palestinians worldwide, the Nakba is remembered as a traumatic rupture that represents their humiliating defeat, the destruction of Palestinian society and severance of links with their homeland. They experience it in the continuing Israeli annexation of their land and attacks launched regularly against their homes in Gaza. What Palestinians call “ongoing Nakba” still generates suffering, destruction of homes and loss of Palestinian lives. ![]() ![]() They are also marking the fact that the Nakba did not end in 1948, but continues in different forms to this day. Nor just the destruction of more than 400 villages and towns and the killing of thousands others. When Palestinians commemorate the Nakba (the catastrophe) on May 15, they are not only remembering a violent historical event that took place 75 years ago which led to the uprooting of over 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland. By Dina Matar, SOAS, University of London | – ![]()
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