Lieberman’s party aims to ban Nakba commemoration


May 14, 2009
Richard Kuper
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dailystarDaily Star (Beirut), 15 May 2009

RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank: Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s party wants to ban Israeli Arabs from marking the anniversary of the Nakba, or the Catastrophe in 1948, when 700,000 Arabs lost their homes in the war that created Israel. The extremist Yisrael Beitenu party said it would propose legislation next week for a ban on the practice and a jail term of up to three years for violators.

“The draft law is intended to strengthen unity in the state of Israel and to ban marking Independence Day as a day of mourning,” said party spokesman Tal Nahum.

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