Nakba day commemoration in UCL, London - 15 May 2024
A protester holds a placard outside the gate of the University College London during the rally. Following up similar demonstrations in the US universities. Student protests and encampments emerged at the universities in UK including London, Oxford, Cambridge, Canterbury as a response to the Israel-Gaza war. University College London (UCL) started to demonstrate nearly two weeks the students and UCL staff marked the 76th anniversary of the Nakba. Nakba means literally 'catastrophe' in Arabic, refers to a mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians back in 1948 during the Arab-Israeli war.