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A poster marking "Nakba" is seen in Yarmouk camp near Damascus
12 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A poster marking "Nakba" is seen in Yarmouk camp near Damascus May 12, 2008. On Thursday, Palestinians will mark the 60th anniversary of “Nakba” or “catastrophe”, commemorating when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were expelled or fled from their homes in the war that led to the founding of Israel in 1948. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA)
REUTERS/KHALED AL-HARIRI


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