Al Nakba 2014 commemoration: Speakout and candlelight vigil.

Friday, May 16, 2014 - 17:30

Friday, May 16

Al Nakba 2014 commemoration: Speakout and candlelight vigil. This year marks the 66th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe), when, in 1948, more than 780,000 Palestinians (over half of the population) were ethnically cleansed from their homeland. This catastrophe continues to this day, with the ongoing air raids and siege of Gaza, the ever-encroaching settlements in the West Bank and the daily humiliations meted out by an Israeli government intent on the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. 5:30pm. State Library, 328 Swanston St, City.