Thousands of Palestinians, carrying Palestinian flags and posters carrying the names of destroyed Arab villages, marched on Tuesday from Al Teera Arab city towards the ruins of Miska Arab village that was destroyed and its residents were displaced during the creation of Israel on Palestinian lands.
The protestors chanted against the Israeli occupation and its crimes against the Palestinians and their villages, and also chanted the names of hundreds of villages destroyed during the Nakba. The Palestinians living in the 1948 territories are commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the Nakba when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and Arabs were displaced, and hundreds of towns and villages were wiped-out during the creation of Israel.
13 years ago, the Arabs and Palestinians in the country decided that their protests to commemorate the Nakba would always be called “Their Independence, Our Nakba”, referring to the creation of Israel in Palestine by displacing the indigenous people and stealing their lands and homes.
The Israeli Knesset issued a preliminary ruling last March forbidding any commemoration of the Nakba, and instructing the government to deduct the balances of any local council or municipality that participates in the in the commemoration of the Nakba.
The government will not support any local council that;
1. Does not recognize Israel as a Jewish State.
2. Incites “racism”, “Violence” and “Terrorism”.
3. Supports armed struggle, armed activities and supports groups or countries that fight Israel.
4. Marks the “Israeli Independence” as a Nakba or as a day of mourning.
5. Defaming or sabotaging Israel’s flag and its symbol. Full story
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