Sunday Times 2
Remembering Al Nakba
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The Embassy of the State of Palestine and the Sri Lanka Committee for Solidarity with Palestine will hold a commemorative event to mark Al Nakba on May 15 at 4 pm at the Hector Kobbekaduwa Agriculture Research Centre in Colombo 7.
Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya will participate as the chief guest, and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa as the guest of honour at the event, which will also be attended by several religious dignitaries and party leaders.
The event is being organised to highlight the suffering of the Palestinian people since the 1948 Nakba, or catastrophe, that led to the displacement of about 750,000 Palestinians from about 500 villages, a sad and crucial milestone in Palestinian history that has its ramifications in the ongoing Gaza war.