1000s of Palestinians hold rally to denounce Israel creation

Waving Palestinian flags, the demonstrators marched near the city of Haifa in the occupied Palestinian territories on Tuesday.
 
They came out in a show of solidarity with Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip.
 
    “We came to the village of Khubeiza to confirm our affiliation and roots, and to confirm the Arabic identity for this land. I feel proud because most of the participants are young people. It means that our nation will not die and will not forget our struggle,” a Palestinian protester said.
 
 
Palestinians refer to the May 15, 1948 occupation of Palestine as the “Nakba Day”, which means the Day of the Catastrophe in Arabic, to mark the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians from their homeland in 1948.
 
Israeli forces have wiped nearly 500 Palestinian villages and towns off the map, leaving an estimated total of 4.7 million Palestinian refugees hoping for an eventual return to their homeland more than six decades later.
 
Since 1948, the Israeli regime has denied Palestinian refugees the right to return, despite United Nations resolutions and international law that uphold people’s right to return to their homelands.