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76th #NakbaDay – in commemoration of the Israeli Genocide on Palestinians

Last year marked the 75th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians, known as “the Nakba” or “the Catastrophe.” This anniversary puts the spotlight on the world’s longest-standing protracted refugee crisis, as over 5.3 M Palestine refugees still live amidst conflict.

Mohamed Hadid, the father of Bella and Gigi Hadid, delivers a heartfelt message about the Nakba and how it affected him and how his family was stabbed in the back by the Poland refugees they took in. He talks about how he couldn’t fulfill his mother’s dying wish of being buried in Nazareth.

@aljazeeraenglish “When she came back to the gates our home [in 1948] they locked us out…” Palestinian #American businessman Mohamed Hadid tells his family’s Nakba survival story after they were forcibly displaced from their home by Jewish refugees who they had taken in and cared for. #news #quotable ♬ original sound – Al Jazeera English

Israel was founded on ethnic cleansing and continues carrying it out to this day.

It is not antisemitic to think that Israel needs to stop killing its neighbors. It is not antisemitic to think that stealing land, property, and life is wrong. It is not antisemitic to think that displacing the indigenous from their land is not only immoral but detrimental to us as a species.

It is not even antisemitic to think that Israel should not exist as a Jewish state.

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Nakba Day is an annual day of commemoration for Palestinians, observed on May 15th. 2023 marked the 75th anniversary of the mass displacement of Palestinians that occurred during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, known as the “Nakba” or “Catastrophe.” The anniversary puts the spotlight on the world’s longest-standing protracted refugee crisis. It is a reminder that the population of over 5.3 million Palestine refugees registered with UNRWA continue to live amidst conflict, violence, and occupation and aspire to a just and lasting solution to their plight.

See the seven panels below on the role of the United Nations and its support to the refugees.

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