...ATHENS, GREECE - MAY 17, 2025: Dozens of demonstrators marched in central Athens on Saturday (May 17) to mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba, or “Great Catastrophe,” when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced in 1948. Waving Palestinian flags and chanting slogans, protesters gathered to show solidarity with Palestinians and called for peace and justice. Protesters walked to the U.S. and Israeli embassies, chanting slogans such as “Freedom for Palestine” and “No peace without justice.” People around the world marked May 15 as the 77th anniversary of expulsion of Palestinians from their towns in historical Palestine after the creation of Israel in 1948. In 1948, more than 700,000 Palestinians were displaced from their towns and villages. The Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, killing more than 53,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.