Updated: May 11, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Palestinians mark the 63th Anniversary of the "Nakba." (6 images)
"Nakba" means "the day of catastrophe" in Arabic. Thousands of Palestinians gathered to remember the 63nd anniversary of the birth of the state of Israel, which left hundreds of thousands of Palestinians refugees in 1948.
A man holds an old key symbolizing the Palestinians homes that people lost in 1948 when the Jewish state of Israel was created, during a gathering to mark the 63th anniversary of the "Nakba" (catastrophe), on May 11, 2011, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
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Palestinians stand by a 12-meter iron key symbolizing the Palestinians homes that people lost in 1948 when the Jewish state of Israel was created, during a gathering to mark the 63th anniversary of the "Nakba" (catastrophe), on May 11, 2011, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
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A man holds an old key symbolizing the Palestinians homes that people lost in 1948 when the Jewish state of Israel was created, during a gathering to mark the 63th anniversary of the "Nakba" (catastrophe), on May 11, 2011, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
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Palestinians stand by a 12-meter iron key symbolizing the Palestinians homes that people lost in 1948 when the Jewish state of Israel was created, during a gathering to mark the 63th anniversary of the "Nakba" (catastrophe), on May 11, 2011, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
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