By Palestine Chronicle Staff
Palestinians all over the world mark May 15 as a day of loss and displacement after the Zionist militias ethnically cleansed 531 Palestinian villages and made more than 750,000 Palestinians refugees. Protests, galleries and speeches are organized every year to mark this turning point in Palestinian history. This year, Palestinians and their supporters took to the streets as well as to social media to mark Nakba, their catastrophe. Here is how Nakba was marked on twitter this year:
Now: "Train of return" action for #Nakba day starts in Bethlehem, calling for the return of Palestinian refugees pic.twitter.com/XyiUFevjef
— Oren Ziv (@OrenZiv1985) May 15, 2016
68yrs ago my grandmother, pregnant, about to give birth, was taken out of her home in Palestine along with 700000 other Palestinians #nakba
— Dima Khatib أنا ديمة (@Dima_Khatib) May 15, 2016
Ethnic cleansing of Palestinians was a deliberate act of Zionist forces not an unintended consequence of war. #Nakba pic.twitter.com/QBUUmaOBCg
— The IMEU (@theIMEU) May 14, 2016
"They thought they could bury us…they didn't know we were the seeds…" #Nakba pic.twitter.com/1nj8mg6ZdC
— MPACUK (@MPACUK) May 15, 2016
May 15, 2016: 68 Years Since Palestine's #Nakba #Nakba68 https://t.co/FzHqlrqBJK pic.twitter.com/YqByb9Gznt
— Abbs Winston (@AbbsWinston) May 15, 2016
In loving memory of all who have lost their lands, homes, lives during the Nakba and to this day. #Nakba68 pic.twitter.com/aJGcToX1N9
— Veronica (@verobellin) May 15, 2016
We've bcom nation of camps & tin-houses when we've been land owners & people of Art,education & civilization.#Nakba pic.twitter.com/7GAEjShL7O
— Abeer Khatib (@abierkhatib) May 14, 2016
How My Palestinian Family Was Forced To Leave Home In 1948 @HuffPostBlog https://t.co/GD0LtIN7Bj #Nakba #NakbaDay #Palestine #StopIsrael
— Rawan Da'as (@RawanDaas) May 15, 2016
The old died but the young still remember which village they came from. They will return. https://t.co/6QjPIWZDlp #Nakba68 #Palestine
— Kamel Hawwash (@kamelhawwash) May 14, 2016
Social media has helped Palestinians reach out to more people after mainstream Western media outlets have excluded them, giving Palestinians a better opportunity to reach out to more potential supporters.
Israel’s ‘Independence Day’ has been widely challenged by Palestinians and their supporters on social media. Palestinians question when this virtual challenge will turn into a concrete one. Only time will answer this question.
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