"Attending this despicable event means destroying any chance of peace by adopting the Palestinian narrative calling the establishment of the state of Israel a disaster," Israeli's U.N. Israeli officials, meanwhile, are urging U.N. resolution to adopt this year's commemoration. Resistance remains: The United States, Canada and the United Kingdom were among 30 countries that voted against the U.N. The international body is marking the 75th anniversary of the displacement on Monday to "serve as a reminder of the historic injustice suffered by the Palestinian people" and to spotlight the ongoing refugee crisis, organizers said.įor decades, the Nakba had not garnered universal international recognition, as countering narratives have downplayed the plight of Palestinians. For the first time in history, the United Nations is officially commemorating the Nakba, the annual Palestinian commemoration of their mass displacement during the establishment of Israeli.
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