Thousands of Palestinians participate in annual march of return commemorating Nakba Day

09/05/2019

March went forward following Adalah's legal intervention after Israeli police initially refused to grant necessary permits to event organizers.

Thousands of Palestinians participated in the annual march of return commemorating Nakba Day, held this year on the lands of the destroyed village of Khubbeiza on Thursday, 9 May 2019.

The march was held after a legal follow-up by Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel on behalf of march organizers Association for the Defense of the Rights of the Displaced after Israeli police initially refused to grant them the necessary permits.

Palestinians participating in the 9 May 2019 march of return events in Khubbeiza. (Photo by Mati Milstein)

Every year for over two decades, thousands of Palestinian citizens of Israel have marked Nakba Day by marching to the site of a different village that was depopulated and destroyed during the Nakba.

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