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The Portuguese parliament has adopted a resolution recognising the Palestinian Nakba and the Palestinian people’s struggle for self-determination.
In-depth: A new first-of-its-kind study on the Tantura massacre using cartographic, testimonial, and photographic evidence could be a turning point in how the historical record of the 1948 Nakba is viewed.
Activists commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Nakba at the UK parliament, with British-Palestinian MP Layla Moran telling the story of how she found her ancestral home in Jerusalem.
The Nakba Commemoration Bill presented by MP Layla Moran on Monday urges the UK government to annually mark the ethnic cleansing of Palestine that took place in 1948.
The event, held at the UN's headquarters in New York, marked the 75th year since close to 800,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homeland by Zionist militias to make way for the creation of Israel in 1948.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to deliver a speech at the United Nations in New York as part of the Nakba commemorations.
In-depth: Over 180 Palestinian villages that were destroyed in 1948 are now Israeli recreational sites or national parks, with environmentalism used to conceal the history of the Nakba.
The Nakba - or catastrophe - saw Israeli forces ethnically cleanse over 750,000 Palestinians to found Israel.
In-depth: The Nakba will be 75 years old on 15 May 2023. For Palestinian survivors, one overwhelming sentiment remains – the desire to return home.
She said, "Palestinians and us as Americans have the right to explain the Nakba of 1948."