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- Palestinians around Jerusalem organize a march in memory of the villages lost in 1948.
- Mass demonstration in Hebron against the rising food prices and the ongoing Nakba.
- Across the West Bank, a celebration of Palestinian culture and its resilience in the face of dispossession.
Events
in
Palestine
·
March
commemorating
the
destroyed
villages
during
the
Nakba
in
Biddu
and
Beit
‘Anan,
Jerusalem
district.
·
“Hunger
and
Anger”
demonstration
to
protest
the
rising
prices
of
basic
food
staples
and
remind
the
world
that
on
the
60th
anniversary
of
the
Nakba
the
Palestinian
people
are
still
suffering.
Palestinians
from
the
Hebron
district
will
arrive
in
Hebron
(Ibn
Rushd
Circle)
and
march
to
the
government
centre,
bringing
along
empty
cooking
pots,
forks
and
spoons
in a
symbolic
gesture.
Contact:
Jaber
Tmazi,
tel.:
0598-921744
·
60
Years
of
Nakba:
Loss,
Dispersal,
and
Types
of
Resistance
Conference.
9:30am-5:30pm
at
the
Al-'Ayn
Hotel
in
Nazareth.
Organized
by
Mada
Al-Carmel
Research
Institute,
more
at:
www.mada-research.org
·
"Children
Draw
the
Nakba”
Photo
and
Art
Exhibit.
4pm-8pm
in
the
Palestinian
Heritage
House
–
Nazareth.
Organized
by
the
Palestinian
Heritage
House
·
Nakba
60
Art
Exhibit
and
Human
Chain
in
Tulkarm.
Contact:
Wajih
Atallah,
Union
of
Youth
Activities
Centers
in
the
Refugee
Camps,
tel.:
0599-255584,
mail:
uyac@uyac.org
·
Palestine
Festival
of
Literature.
Writers
from
Around
the
World
Visit
Palestine
6:30pm,
Dar
Al-Nadwa,
Bethlehem.
More
at:
http://www.palestinelitfest.org
·
A
number
of
additional
cultural
events
including
photo
exhibitions,
talks
and
Palestinian
history
in
Bir
Zeit,
Jenin
and
Salfit.
Contact:
Wajih
Atallah,
Union
of
Youth
Activities
Centers
in
the
Refugee
Camps,
tel.:
0599-255584,
mail:
uyac@uyac.org
Events
internationally
·
Nakba
and
Right
of
Return
Amateur
Documentary
Film
Festival
in
Burj
Al-Barajneh
refugee
camp,
Lebanon.
·
National
Demonstration
to
commemorate
the
Nakba
and
continuing
dispossession
and
denial
of
Palestinian
rights
in
central
London,
UK,.
Contact:
Contact:
PCS
UK,
tel.:
02077006192,
mail:
info@palestinecampaign.org
·
Nakba
Commemoration
National
Day
of
Action
in
Canada
in
Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/Ottawa,
Canada,.
Contact:
Palestine
House,
info@palestinehouse.com;
Coalition
Against
Israeli
Apartheid,
endapartheid@riseup.net
Report
on
previous
events
·
The
Al-Awda
Camp:
The
camp
opened
in
Ramallah
on
the
8 of
May.
Modelled
after
a
1948
refugee
camp,
the
space
functions
as a
place
of
commemoration
and
displays
the
names
of
the
villages
and
towns
depopulated
during
the
Nakba.
The
site
will
serve
as a
forum
for
educational
and
cultural
presentations
throughout
the
week
leading
up
to
the
May
15
central
mass
demonstration
in
Ramallah.
The
activities
of
the
camp's
openning
as
well
as
interviews
with
Palestinian
and
Arab
personalities
in
Gaza,
Jerusalem,
Ramallah,
Nazareth,
Damascus,
Amman
and
Cairo
were
broadcast
live
on
the
Nakba-60
Open
Studio
on
the
Palestinian
Space
Channel,
organized
by
Badil.
·
Return
March.
Over
20,000
people
gathered
in
Nazareth
and
marched
west
to
the
destroyed
and
depopulated
town
of
Saffuriyya.
Residents
of
Saffuriyya
who
were
forcibly
transferred
from
their
town
in
the
1948
Nakba,
as
well
as
their
descendants
gathered
in
the
town
to
welcome
the
mass
demonstration,
and
held
a
festival
of
speaches,
poetry,
dance
and
music
under
the
banner
“Israel's
Day
of
Independence
is
our
Day
of
Nakba”.
As
participants
walked
back
to
their
cars
buses
and
homes,
Israeli
police
on
foot
and
on
horseback
attacked
them,
firing
teargas
into
the
crowds,
assaulting
them
with
their
rifles
and
batons
as
police
helicopters
hovered
overhead,
injuring
tens
of
people
and
arresting
six.
Several
reporters
were
also
targetted
in
the
Israeli
provocation.
and
three
more
participants
were
later
arrested
while
in
their
homes.
·
Over
700
people
participated
in a
Right
of
Return
Demonstration
in
Aida
Refugee
Camp
in
the
Bethlehem
Camp.
The
Demonstration
featured
the
unveiling
of
the
world's
largest
key.
The
key
is a
symbol
of
Palestinian
refugees
right
to
return
to
their
homes,
since
many
of
these
refugees
took
the
keys
to
their
homes
with
them
when
they
fled
in
the
1948
Nakba.
The Palestinian Nakba on the ground
On
this
day,
1948
·
During
the
night,
Zionist
militias
launched
attacks
on
al-Bira
and
Farwana
as
well
as a
number
of
smaller
villages
in
Baysan
district.
This
was
part
of
larger
campaign
that
succeeded
in
cleansing
the
Baysan
valley
of
most
of
its
Palestinian
population.
·
‘Beginning
today,
Zionist
militias
launched
attacks
with
the
aim
of
seizing
control
of
northern
areas
of
village
of
Gaza.
Barqa
was
one
of
the
villages
depopulated
in
this
campaign.
Nakba
Today
Al-Aqaba
is a
northern
West
Bank
village
just
east
of
the
city
of
Tubas.
Since
1967,
when
the
West
Bank
was
occupied
by
Israel,
a
military
base
was
established
on
the
main
entrance
to
the
village,
and
the
area
designated
a
military
training
area.
Under
this
pretext,
Israeli
soldiers
have
regularly
entered
the
village,
firing
randomly
at
the
homes
and
people
of
the
village,
resulting
in
the
diaplacement
of a
majority
of
the
villagers.
In
2003,
after
a
protracted
legal
battle,
the
Israeli
High
Court
barred
Israeli
tanks
from
entering
the
village
without
a
pressing
reason,
and
the
military
base
was
closed
(although,
two
military
bases
still
stand
within
a
few
kilometers
of
the
village.
The
military
has
also
banned
construction
within
the
village,
and
so
the
700
of
the
1000
villagers
are
unable
to
return
to
the
village
since
they
cannot
build
homes;
the
village
council
itself
meets
underneath
a
tree
since
they
are
not
allowed
to
build
a
building
to
house
the
council.
In
1999,
the
Israeli
military
demolished
seven
of
the
houses
in
the
village,
as
well
as
the
village's
only
water
tank.
Today,
35
of
the
48
existing
buildings
–
including
a
kindergarten,
a
mosque
and
a
clinic,
are
under
the
threat
of
demolition.
Learn
more
about
Al-Aqaba
at:
http://www.saveaqaba.org/
Background
Resources:
l
For
resources
on
the
history
of
the
Nakba,
information
about
Palestinian
refugees,
and
their
right
of
return
under
international
law,
see
the
Nakba-60
Resources
Info-Packet
at:
http://www.badil.org/Publications/badil-nakba-60-info-packet/index.html
l
For
information
about
selected
cases
of
ongoing
diaplacement,
please
visit:
http://www.stopthewall.org/activistresources/1583.shtml
l
For
information,
resources
and
links
to
organizations
working
on
the
growing
campaign
for
Boycotts,
Divestment
and
Sanctions
on
Israel
until
it
dismantles
its
military
occupation's
colonial
apartheid
system
in
the
West
Bank,
Gaza
and
Golan
Heights;
ends
systematic
discrimination
against
its
Palestinian
citizens;
and
implements
the
Palestinian
refugees'
right
to
return
to
their
homes
and
properties,
please
visit
the
website
of
the
Boycott
Divestment
Sanctions
Campaign
National
Committee
(BNC):
http://www.bdsmovement.net
-------------------------------------
For
more
information,
please
contact:
Palestinian
Grassroots
Anti-Apartheid
Wall
Campaign
Email:
global@stopthewall.org,
Tel.:
+972-2-297-1505
Badil
Centre
for
Palestinian
Refugee
&
Residency
Rights:
Email:
mediaenglish@badil.org,
Tel.:
+972-2-277-7086
*The
week’s
events
coordinated
by
the
National
Committee
to
Commemorate
the
Nakba.
The
National
Committee
represents
national
movements
and
networks,
including
the
Council
of
National
and
Islamic
forces,
the
Global
Palestine
Right-of-Return
Coalition,
the
Popular
Committees
and
youth
centers
of
the
refugee
camps
all
over
Palestine,
the
Anti-Apartheid
Wall
Campaign,
Badil
Center
for
Palestinian
Residency
and
Refugee
Rights,
Palestinian
NGO
Network
(PNGO),
the
Civic
Coalition
for
the
Defense
of
Palestinian
Rights
in
Jerusalem
and
the
PLO
Department
for
Refugee
Affairs
(DORA). |
