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Nakba Fact Sheet

15 May is the annual commemoration of the Palestinian Nakba, in which 800,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes in 1948
Palestinians dressed up as refugees perform during a rally marking the "Nakba" in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on 15 May 2014 (AFP)

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