Throughout Israel, her loyal Arab citizens commemorated their annual Nakba, the “catastrophe” day – in other words, Israeli Independence Day. Police sanctioned the anti-Israeli demonstrations.

In Haifa, the demonstration was organized by Women for Peace. Local Arabs resent the group’s female leadership and boycotted the event. At that point, the visiting Jewish ultra-leftists helped the Arabs out and carried the PLO flags in protest against Israeli statehood.