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72 Years On…Palestinians Still Bearing Heavy Weight of Nakba

Published : 15-05-2020

72 Years On…Palestinians Still Bearing Heavy Weight of Nakba

On May 15 each year, Palestinians commemorate Nakba Day to reaffirm the right of return to ancestral lands that are now part of the self-proclaimed Israeli State.

Palestinians use the term "Nakba," meaning "catastrophe" in Arabic, to refer to 1948 expulsions by Zionist gangs in historical Palestine.

In 1948, the new state of Israel was declared on the majority of historical Palestine, after nearly 800,000 out of 1.4 million Palestinians were displaced from their homes to the West Bank, Gaza Strip and neighboring Arab countries.

Those who fled to Syria and neighboring countries have been subjected to squalid conditions. 

UNRWA said that of the estimated 438,000 Palestine refugees remaining inside Syria, 60% have been displaced at least once since the start of the conflict and a third have had their homes damaged or destroyed.

Over 120,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria have fled the country, including over 28,000 currently present in Lebanon and 17,719 in Jordan, where many of them face a precarious and marginalized existence due to their uncertain legal status and social protection mechanisms.

The Palestine-Israel conflict dates back to 1917 when the British government, in the now-infamous Balfour Declaration, called for "the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine."

Around 15,000 Palestinians were killed, some 800,000 displaced, and 531 Arab villages destroyed in attacks by armed Jewish groups at the time.

The Palestinian diaspora has since become one of the largest in the world.

 

Short URL : https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/10103

On May 15 each year, Palestinians commemorate Nakba Day to reaffirm the right of return to ancestral lands that are now part of the self-proclaimed Israeli State.

Palestinians use the term "Nakba," meaning "catastrophe" in Arabic, to refer to 1948 expulsions by Zionist gangs in historical Palestine.

In 1948, the new state of Israel was declared on the majority of historical Palestine, after nearly 800,000 out of 1.4 million Palestinians were displaced from their homes to the West Bank, Gaza Strip and neighboring Arab countries.

Those who fled to Syria and neighboring countries have been subjected to squalid conditions. 

UNRWA said that of the estimated 438,000 Palestine refugees remaining inside Syria, 60% have been displaced at least once since the start of the conflict and a third have had their homes damaged or destroyed.

Over 120,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria have fled the country, including over 28,000 currently present in Lebanon and 17,719 in Jordan, where many of them face a precarious and marginalized existence due to their uncertain legal status and social protection mechanisms.

The Palestine-Israel conflict dates back to 1917 when the British government, in the now-infamous Balfour Declaration, called for "the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine."

Around 15,000 Palestinians were killed, some 800,000 displaced, and 531 Arab villages destroyed in attacks by armed Jewish groups at the time.

The Palestinian diaspora has since become one of the largest in the world.

 

Short URL : https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/10103