Members of Extinction Rebellion France, an environmental and social activism group, scaled the Eiffel Tower on the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, displaying a Palestinian flag in protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. (May 15, 2026)

The Nakba, Arabic for "catastrophe", refers to the mass displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians that accompanied the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. During this period, an estimated 750,000 to 1,000,000 Palestinians fled or were forcibly expelled from their homes, and hundreds of villages were destroyed.