Tuesday, May 1, 2012

"Independence Day"... alternative views

via the Institute for Middle East Understanding: According to ISRAELI historians, in 1948 alone, 472 Palestinian towns and villages were destroyed by the newly proclaimed state of Israel. Palestinian churches, mosques, schools, cemeteries, farm, and homes were leveled. Responding to Google's "Independence Day" doodle on Google Israel, Palestinians drew up their own alternative highlighting the Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948 when Palestinians were ethnically cleansed to pave way for a state of Israel. 48 is the year of the Palestinian Nakba, or catastrophe. The key is symbolic of the homes Palestinians fled in '48 to which they are not allowed to return. The map is of historic Palestine. 


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