Occupation at 60

While the world celebrates the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel, it has forgotten the 60th anniversary of the mass expulsion of Palestinians from their homes. While we naively celebrate the creation of a a new state, we conveniently forget that one nation is created on the back of another. And while America and Britain take to their moral high horse to rush in aid for the oppressed people of Burma, they continue to rush in aid for the oppressors of the people of Palestine.

Here are some pictures from the demonstration last Saturday (May 10), jointly organised by the British Palestine Solidarity Campaign, to commemorate the 60th anniversay of the nakba (the mass expulsion of Palestinians). There was an estimated turnout of 15,000 people. This is evidence that Palestine has not been forgotton by the British people.