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Nakba Day ( Arabic: يوم النكبة Yawm an-Nakbah ), meaning "day of the catastrophe", is an annual day of commemoration for the Palestinian people of the anniversary of the creation of Israel . It is held every May 15, the day after the anniversary of Israel's Independence according to the Gregorian calendar and the day marks the expulsions and flight of Palestinians from their towns and villages in the face of Jewish and later Israeli troop advances and their displacement from Palestine , and the loss of their property. Palestinian girl in a protest on Nakba Day 2010, Hebron, West Bank.1
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Nakba Day ( Arabic: يوم النكبة Yawm an-Nakba , meaning "Day of the Catastrophe") is generally commemorated on 15 May, the day after the Gregorian calendar date for Israeli Independence Day ( Yom Ha'atzmaut ).History in Dispute: The Middle East since 1945 (Illustrated ed.).The Palestinian recalled their "Nakba Day", "catastrophe" — the displacement that accompanied the creation of the State of Israel — in 1948.
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Palestinian day of commemoration Nakba Day ( ) is generally commemorated on 15 May, the day after the Gregorian calendar date for Israeli Independence Day ( Yom Ha'atzmaut ).The day was inaugurated by Yasser Arafat in 1998. History in Dispute: The Middle East since 1945 (Illustrated ed.). The Palestinian recalled their "Nakba Day", "catastrophe" – the displacement that accompanied the creation of the State of Israel – in 1948.
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Palestinian commemoration of 1948 displacement Nakba Day ( ) is the day of commemoration for the Nakba , also known as the Palestinian Catastrophe, which comprised the destruction of Palestinian society and homeland in 1948, and the permanent displacement of a majority of the Palestinian people.It is generally commemorated on 15 May, the Gregorian calendar date of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948.The day was officially inaugurated by Yasser Arafat in 1998, though the date had been unofficially used for protests since as early as 1949. History in Dispute: The Middle East since 1945 (Illustrated ed.). The Palestinian recalled their "Nakba Day", "catastrophe" – the displacement that accompanied the creation of the State of Israel – in 1948.
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Palestinian commemoration of 1948 displacement Nakba Day ( Arabic : ذكرى النكبة , romanized : Ḏikrā an-Nakba , lit. ' Memory of the Catastrophe ' ) is the day of commemoration for the Nakba , also known as the Palestinian Catastrophe, which comprised the destruction of Palestinian society and homeland in 1948, and the permanent displacement of a majority of the Palestinian people.It is generally commemorated on 15 May, the day after the Gregorian calendar date of the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948. The day was officially inaugurated by Yasser Arafat in 1998, though the date had been unofficially used for protests since as early as 1949. History in Dispute: The Middle East since 1945 (Illustrated ed.). The Palestinian recalled their "Nakba Day", "catastrophe" – the displacement that accompanied the creation of the State of Israel – in 1948.
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annual day of commemoration for the palestinian people of the anniversary of the creation of israel
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day of commemoration for the nakba
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