Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Nakba Day

Nakba Day is observed on 15 May every year by Palestinians . On this day in 1948, Israeli independence  was declared and seven lakh Palestinians became refugee. Now, those refugees and their descendants number 7 million and live in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza strip.

Nakba means catastrophe or disaster.

also read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba_Day

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/05/20135155334315792.html

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