A conference for Palestine refugees has been held in Gaza to mark the 65th anniversary of the historic Nakba Day, Press TV reports.
Leaders of Palestinian factions and representatives from Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Egypt attended the conference, entitled Å“United for Return.”
Following the establishment of the Israeli regime in 1948, some 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homeland because of the threat of being massacred. Palestinians commemorated the dispossession as Nakba.
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Palestinian refugees around the world Å“assert their adherence to the right of return” on Nakba Day.
Å“The children and the grandchildren of the refugees will never give up the land of their ancestors, we will never give up an inch of Palestine not even a grain of sand from the land of Palestine,” he added.
The conference highlighted the right of return for thousands of Palestinian refugees who live in the Middle East and around the world.
It also emphasized the rejection of the Israeli regimeâ„¢s resettlement or compensation as a substitute for the Palestinian refugeeâ„¢s right of return.
Maram al-Madhoun, the conference spokeswoman, said the conference was organized to send a message to the world that the Palestinians have the right for return to their own villages and towns.
Organizers also said that the conference aimed to form a coalition of media and law organizations which are interested in refugees affairs and Palestinians right of return to their homeland.
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