West Bank – Palestinians have marked the anniversary of their uprooting almost seven decades ago with sirens and low-key marches.
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Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were driven out in the Mideast war over Israel’s 1948 creation. The refugees and their descendants now number several million and most still live in the region.
Sirens wailed for 68 seconds Sunday in the West Bank to mark the passing of 68 years since what Palestinians call their “nakba,” or catastrophe.
Cars stopped and pedestrians stood still in the cities of Ramallah and Bethlehem during the commemoration.
Marchers used keys and other props to symbolize their demand to return to what is now Israel.
Israel says it will never accept a “right of return,” arguing it would threaten the state by diluting its Jewish majority.
West Bank? Palestinians? Driven out? Refugees? To return?
Tell them that liviv ,levov, lemburg was given to the ukraine after WW2 and all of the polish natives had to leave their homes within 24 hours and let ukrainians settle there .There hasn’t ever been protests or demonstrations of polish displaced people.
They were driven out or they were told to leave by their own people.
I like the large key they hold symbolically in their hands. The “key” to their destiny is in their own hands. If they really want peace they have the ״key״ to it in their own hands. And if they don’t want peace, that is in their hands as well. החיים והמות ביד הפה.