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| Nakba Day commemorations pass largely peacefully; 3 arrested at Tel Aviv rally |
| 2022-05-16 |
| [IsraelTimes] Anniversary of Israel’s founding — which Paleostinians deem ’catastrophe’ — often sees heightened tensions, but few large rallies held this year Paleostinians and Arab Israelis held scattered Nakba Day commemorations to lament the establishment of the State of Israel on Sunday, with the day largely passing without incident. Paleostinians call Israel’s 1948 founding the Nakba, an Arabic word for catastrophe. Hundreds of thousands of Paleostinians fled or were expelled during the 1948 war as the nascent Jewish state fought for its survival. Rallies are held every year on May 15, the anniversary of Israel’s Declaration of Independence. Israelis celebrate their state’s establishment on the Hebrew date, which shifts from year to year according to the Jewish calendar. While the anniversary is often marked by high tension, the day mostly passed quietly across Israel, the West Bank, and Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... , with few major events held. A large rally in which thousands of Paleostinians participated had already been held on Israeli Independence Day two weeks ago. During a protest at Tel Aviv University, a few dozen Paleostinians rallied to commemorate the "catastrophic" founding of Israel. Three Arab students were arrested by police after a brawl broke out between them and far-right activists from the Im Tirzu group, with both sides trading blame as to who was responsible. Joint List party chief Ayman Odeh condemned the arrest of the three students. Only one of them remained in jug as of Sunday evening; the other two were released without charges, according to an Arab Israeli activist. "A salute to the student movement for their essential work commemorating the Nakba," said Odeh. But, the Tel Aviv rally aside, the day largely passed without incident. In Ramallah, hundreds of Paleostinians joined a large rally in the city center. An air raid siren resounded through the Paleostinian Authority seat to herald the anniversary. Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase.... did not emerge from his compound to deliver remarks. But the Paleostinian leader’s office issued a lengthy statement on Saturday night calling for Paleostinians to resist "ethnic cleansing, settlement and Judaization." "Abbas called on Israel’s leaders to leave the blind cycle of denial of the other, which has proven its futility and failure, and the denial of the legitimate national rights of the Paleostinian people," Abbas’s office said, according to WAFA, the official PA news agency. Abbas repeated the Paleostinian Authority position on the establishment of an independent Paleostinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem. The PA leader also called for the "affirmation of the right of return and a just solution to the Paleostinian refugee issue." Israelis consider the right of return for Paleostinian refugees from 1948 to be a death knell to the Zionist dream of a Jewish-majority state. Scattered events were also held across the country in Arab cities and towns to commemorate the day. Participants lit torches and sang patriotic songs. "My homeland, my homeland. The youth will not tire until your liberation," sang several young Arab Israelis in Nazareth, a national hymn. |
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