A Timeline: The Nakba Began in 1948…
Today marks the 74th anniversary of the Nakba (the catastrophe), when over 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes and forced to become refugees within the West Bank, Gaza Strip and neighbouring countries.
The Nakba is not just a singular historic event, it is an ongoing reality for Palestinians. The dispossession and denial of Palestinian human rights did not begin in 1948. The timeline below shows key events that have shaped the Palestinian experience but it does not show all the personal losses, the billions of monetary loss, the loss of potential and dreams and the generational trauma caused by the ongoing Nakba.
![A quarter million children in Gaza are participating in the Summer Games 2011, the six-week summer camps organised by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Taking place across the Gaza Strip at almost 300 locations, in schools, on beaches and in orphanages and hospitals, the camps provide a range of activities for the children including sports, theatre, art, beach games, music and dance [UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan]](https://www.interpal.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/UN7382434-500x333.jpg.webp)
![Protestors came out in large to protest in support of Palestine and mourn Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and the many other journalists who have been killed in action in Palestine over the years [May 16, 2022, Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona / Unsplash]](https://www.interpal.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ehimetalor-akhere-unuabona-NR9fn5q_oD0-unsplash-500x333.jpg.webp)
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