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Gallery|Al-Nakba

Nakba: ‘Palestinians will return to their stolen lands’

In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians marked Nakba Day with demonstrations and exhibits highlighting their plight.

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Tala Abusharikh, aged six, who lives in the Jabalia refugee camp, says she wants to return to her home village that was occupied by Israel. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
By Wissam Nassar
Published On 19 May 201619 May 2016
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Palestinians throughout the besieged Gaza Strip marked Nakba Day on Sunday, with hundreds attending a commemorative ceremony and photographic exhibition highlighting the hardships faced by Palestinian refugees. Artists sang and performed the dabka, a traditional Palestinian dance.

“Israel has expelled me and my family from my village, al-Brare, and now I am in Gaza as a refugee … All Palestinians have the right to return their lands, from which they were expelled by Israeli Zionist groups,” Abd Alftah Abudaim, 90, told Al Jazeera. 

Six-year-old Tala Abusharikh expressed similar sentiments: “My grandmother always tells me about stories of life that occurred in her village that is now occupied by Israel. She made me enthusiastic to come back to our occupied village, confirming that all Palestinians will return to their stolen lands.”


READ MORE: Nakba Day – a ‘clear challenge’ to Israeli establishment


 

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Palestinians in Gaza City took part in demonstrations to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Nakba. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
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Suad Hijazi, 72, walks through an alley in the Jabalia camp. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
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Palestinian refugee boys play between their families' homes in the Jabalia refugee camp. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
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Nakba Day marks the massive displacement of Palestinians in 1948 to make way for the creation of the state of Israel. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
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Fatma Abuqamar, 70, holds up her old house key, a reminder of her village, Hamama. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
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Nakba Day is marked each year throughout the Palestinian territories and internationally. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
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Palestinians in Gaza City attend a photographic exhibition illustrating the suffering of Palestinians living in refugee camps. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
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Hundreds of Palestinians attend an event commemorating the 68th anniversary the Nakba. Performers sang and danced the traditional dabka. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
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Abd Alftah Abudaim, 90, rests outside his house in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
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Palestinian refugees clean the streets of the Jabalia camp. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
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Commemorative ceremonies were held inside Rashad al-Shawa cultural centre, in Gaza City. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
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Rama, a young Palestinian refugee, stands in an alley near her family's home. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
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Many Palestinians are frustrated that they are having to continue living in such hardship, 68 years after the Nakba. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]
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Palestinian children at play between their families' homes in the Jabalia refugee camp. [Wissam Nassar/Al Jazeera]


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