Nakba is an Arabic word meaning “catastrophe”. It refers to the 1948 ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes, villages and towns.

Sixty years later the Zionist movement is promoting events to celebrate the founding of their state. And sixty years on the Palestinian people and their supporters are calling for the right of return of those people driven from their homes.

We speak with Valerie Zink, a Vancouver-based Palestine solidarity activist.

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