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.
Palestinians gather in Gaza in commemoration of more than 70 years of displacement.
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.
Palestinians hold up paper cutouts of the keys to their homes during a rally in Ramallah commemorating their displacement in 1948.
Palestinian demonstrators gather east of Gaza City for a protest marking the 71st anniversary of the Nakba.
A wounded Palestinian boy is evacuated during a protest marking the 71st anniversary of the Nakba at the Israel-Gaza border fence.
A demonstrator attends a commemoration protest in Ramallah.
Palestinian medics carry a wounded demonstrator east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Thirty Gazans were reportedly injured Wednesday as Israeli security forces used live fire in this year's protests marking the Nakba.
A Palestinian woman carries protest slogans during a demonstration in Gaza City. More than 70 years later, Israel still denies Palestinian refugees their right to return to their land, saying that such a demographic change would mean its end as a Jewish state.
A Palestinian demonstrator in Bethlehem protests the Eurovision contest.“Behind the glitz and glamour, few will be thinking of Israel’s role in fueling seven decades of misery for Palestinian refugees," Amnesty International’s Research and Advocacy Director for the Middle East and North Africa said.
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