Palestinian key

Palestinian key at a Nakba Day demonstration in Berlin
Young girl with a key symbol, Nakba Day, 2010, Hebron. The sign says: Arabic: حتماً سنعود فلسطين, lit. 'We will return to Palestine'

The Palestinian key is the Palestinian symbol of homes lost in the 1948 Nakba, when more than half of the population of Mandatory Palestine were ethnically cleansed by Zionist militias as part of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight, and were subsequently denied the right to return. The key is considered part of a hope for return and a claim to the lost properties.

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