For 71 years, the Palestinians have been commemorating the "Nakba" every year at home and in the Diaspora, affirming their commitment to the right of return to their homes, which they were forced to leave in 1948.
However, they believe that this year's anniversary is different because of an unprecedented attack on their editorial project and their right to return.
Palestinians call the term "Nakba" the process of displacing them from their land, by the "armed Zionist gangs" in 1948,
And they commemorate the Nakba on 15 May each year, with protest marches and traditional exhibitions confirming their attachment to their land and their right to return.
In 1948, the State of Israel was declared on Palestinian land. Three quarters of Palestine fell under its control. Jordan ruled the West Bank and the Gaza Strip became under Egyptian administration.
70 massacre
In 1948, the Zionist gangs displaced approximately 800,000 Palestinians, out of 1.4 million Palestinians, from their villages and towns to the West Bank, Gaza Strip and neighboring Arab countries.
Thousands of others were displaced, but remained within the territory later under Israeli control.
According to official Palestinian statements, Zionist gangs committed during the "Nakba" more than 70 massacres against the Palestinians, which claimed the lives of more than 15,000 Palestinians.
During the Nakba period, the Israeli occupation controlled 774 Palestinian villages and cities, 531 of which were completely destroyed, and the rest were subjugated to the occupying entity and its laws.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the number of Palestinians has increased 9 times since the Nakba, reaching about 13.1 million by the end of 2018, including 6.02 million refugees.
The Palestinian Authority said in a statement on the occasion of the Nakba, that 28.4 percent of the refugees live in 58 official camps affiliated with UNRWA, 10 in Jordan, 9 in Syria, 12 in Lebanon and 19 in the West Bank (including Jerusalem) ), And 8 camps in Gaza.
Statistics and figures
According to the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics, the government data for 2017 showed that the refugees make up 43 percent of Palestinians living in Palestine.
Among the total number of Palestinians around the world, about 6.48 million (49 percent) live in "historic Palestine": the West Bank, including Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and Israel (the territories occupied in 1948).
The number of Palestinian and Arab martyrs since the Nakba in 1948 and until today (inside and outside Palestine) about 100,000 martyrs, while the number of martyrs since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada 10,853 martyrs, during the period from 29/09/2000 until 07/05/2019.
The number of prisoners in the prisons of the Israeli occupation about 5,700 prisoners as at the end of March 2019 (including 250 prisoners of children and 47 women)