"In December 1947, the British announced that they would withdraw from Palestine by May 15, 1948. Palestinians in Jerusalem and Jaffa called a general strike against the partition.  Fighting broke out in Jerusalem's streets almost immediately...violent incidents mushroomed into all-out war...."
Our Roots Are Still Alive" by the People Press Palestine
Book Project
 
PCA invited the Palestinian community to remember and reflect on our own history..

the event included
-An address by Dr. Izzat Abedlhadi, the Head of the Palestinian Delegation in Canberra
Al-Nakbeh - Personal Perspectives by Fayez Othman
1948 in brief by Mohammed Althamneh