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Thursday, April 19, 2018
Thousands of Arab Israelis take part in ‘Nakba’ march
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThousands of Arab Israelis take part in a “March of Return” commemorating the Nakba — the “catastrophe” of Israel’s founding.
The march, which commemorates Palestinians who fled their homes in Israel during the War of Independence, is held in the northern town of Atlit, where there used to be an Arab village.
“What happened then was a catastrophe — a humanitarian and national disaster by any measure,” says Joint (Arab List) MK Ahmad Tibi, according to the Ynet news site.
“Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian citizens until today live near the communities from which they were uprooted. What is more natural, humanitarian, and just than returning them to their homes in their abandoned communities, and returning their stolen property to them,” he adds.
“The March of Return” has been held annually since 1998 at different Arab villages destroyed in the war, with participants calling for the return of Palestinian refugees to their former homes.
אלפים מתכנסים סמוך לעתלית ל״תהלוכת השיבה״, בקריאה לאפשר לפליטים הפלסטינים שנעקרו מבתיהם ב-48' לשוב אליהם. את האירוע מארגנות העמותה להגנה על זכויות העקורים וועדת המעקב של ערביי ישראל. ביישובי חוף הכרמל שסביב מקום ההתכנסות ניסו למנוע את קיום האירוע, אך המאמצים כשלו @nitzanglusman pic.twitter.com/NPAWDi2h8J
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) April 19, 2018
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