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75th Anniversary of the Nakba

  • Submitted by: Maggie Chapman, North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party.
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 May 2023
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Motion reference: S6M-08960

That the Parliament acknowledges that 15 May 2023 is the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, or “Catastrophe”, which is widely understood to mark the collective Palestinian struggle for freedom; understands that several events organised by Scotland Supports Palestine are taking place the week of the anniversary, including The Nakba at 75: Justice for All Palestinians, which was held on 13 May 2023 in Dundee, a city twinned with the Palestinian city of Nablus, and which was supported by local groups, including Dundee Trades Union Council, Dundee-Nablus Twinning Association and the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign; further understands that a Stand with Palestine Solidarity Demonstration took place in Aberdeen on 15 May 2023, supported by local groups, including Aberdeen Trades Union Council, Aberdeen Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the Aberdeen University Palestine Society; understands that, this year, the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba at the UN headquarters in New York, to mark a tragic historical moment in 1948 when a significant number of Palestinians were displaced almost overnight as part of a longer project of displacement of Palestinians from their homeland, leading to the dispossession, displacement and denial of their inalienable rights, which it considers continues to this day, and commends all who took part in marking the 75th anniversary of the Nakba.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Ariane Burgess, Stephanie Callaghan, Bob Doris, Christine Grahame, Ross Greer, Bill Kidd, Gillian Mackay, Ruth Maguire, Ivan McKee, Pauline McNeill, Carol Mochan, Alex Rowley, Mark Ruskell, Collette Stevenson, Kaukab Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Michelle Thomson, David Torrance, Mercedes Villalba