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Nakba Day (Arabic: Yawm al-nakba is the name used by Palestinians to refer to a memorial to the Palestinian Nakba and to Israel's Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzma'ut). These events are linked as Every year, on the 5th of Iyyar of the Hebrew calendar when Israelis celebrate Independence Day Palestinians mark it solemnly as "Al Nakba" , carrying banners with the words: "Their independence day is our day of tragedy"


Israel's independence was declared on the evening of May 14 1948 and every year, on the 5th of Iyyar of the Hebrew calendar (which can fall between 15 April and 15 May) Israelis celebrate Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzma'ut). In recent years Palestinians and their supporters around the world have co-ordinated Nakba Day protests to coincide with these celebrations. ,,,.

Origin

Nakba Day was inaugurated on May 15, 1998 by Yasser Arafat. The event is often marked by speeches and rallies in the West Bank, Gaza and in Arab states.In 2006 Israeli Arab member of the Knesset Dr. Azmi Bishara expressed the Palestinian reaction to celebrations marking Independence Day and the formation of Israeli in the newspaper Maariv: "Independence Day is your holiday, not ours, for us this is the day of our disaster". Palestinians outside Israel commemorate the event annually during the month of May, with the main event held on or close to 15 May, the date of the Arab nations' invasion of the nascent State of Israel, which was the start of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

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References

  1. Palestinians to mourn Israel's founding by Aaron Klein, WorldNetDaily, May 12, 2005.
  2. Palestinians mourn Israel's founding y by Aaron Klein, WorldNetDaily, May 16, 2005.
  3. Weekly Review of the Arab Press in Israel, Arab Association for Human Rights, April 30, 2001.
  4. Rubin, Barry and Rubin, Judith Colp (2003). Yasir Arafat: A Political Biography. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195166892, p. 187.
  5. Bowker, Robert (2003). Palestinian Refugees: Mythology, Identity, and the Search for Peace. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 1588262022, p. 96.
  6. Maariv article (in Hebrew).
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