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Palestinian Nakba: in memory of more than 70 years of displacement
More than 70 years later, Palestinians still gather to mark the day in which tens of thousands of people were forced from their homes during the war that led to the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.
Palestinian Nakba: in memory of more than 70 years of displacement
Palestinians gather in Gaza in commemoration of more than 70 years of displacement. / Reuters
By Bilge Nesibe Kotan, Mucahid Durmaz

On May 15, 1948, some 750,000 Palestinians were expelled into refugee camps that still exist in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon following the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. 

Since then, Palestinians have annually commemorated the Nakba, which means "exodus" in Arabic, to reaffirm their right to return to their homes and villages in historic Palestine.

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