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| Thousands of Arab Israelis take part in ‘Nakba’ march |
| 2018-04-20 |
| [IsraelTimes] Thousands of Arab Israelis take part in a "March of Return" commemorating the Nakba ‐ the "catastrophe" of Israel’s founding. The march, which commemorates Paleostinians 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 Paleostinian 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 Paleostinian refugees to their former homes. |
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