It's a date inked in infamy for generations of Palestinians.
Each year, on 15 May, millions mark the Nakba, or catastrophe, which refers to the ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Zionist militias to make way for the creation of Israel in 1948.
In a premeditated military campaign, Zionist forces killed thousands of Palestinians, destroyed hundreds of villages and forcibly expelled 80 percent of the Palestinian population from their homeland.
After more than a year of relentless violence, the newly created State of Israel captured 78 percent of historic Palestine.
The remaining 22 percent, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, were occupied by Israel 19 years later and remain under Israeli military rule.
Right now in the West Bank, Palestinians live under Israeli military law. They can be detained...
Palestinians around the world are marking Nakba Day, 78 years after their forced mass displacement led...
Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than...
The Division for Palestinian Rights (DPR) invites colleagues to the commemoration of the 78th anniversary of...
