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Protesters march at Nakba Day rallies around Australia
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- Protesters gathered in Adelaide's city centre on Sunday to mark Nakba Day.
- The anniversary of the Nakba, which means "catastrophe" in Arabic, falls on May 15 each year.
- About 500 people attended a rally to commemorate the Nakba in Melbourne on Sunday, marching from the State Library to Flinders Street Station.
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Protesters gathered in Adelaide's city centre on Sunday to mark Nakba Day. (ABC News: Briana Fiore)
Link copied Share Share article Protesters have marched in cities across Australia to mark the Nakba, a day that recognises the mass displacement of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
The anniversary of the Nakba, which means "catastrophe" in Arabic, falls on May 15 each year.
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