Palestinian key

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.The Palestinian key is the Palestinian symbol of homes lost in the Nakba, when more than half of the population of Mandatory Palestine were either expelled or fled violence in the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight and subsequently denied the right to return.

[1][2] The key is considered part of a hope for return and a claim to the lost properties.

[3] The keys are large and old-fashioned in style.

Enlarged replicas are often found around Palestinian refugee camps, and used at pro-Palestinian demonstrations around the world as collective symbols.

[3] Since 2016, a Palestinian restaurant in Doha, Qatar, holds the Guinness World Record for the world's largest key – 2.7 tonnes and 7.8 x 3 meters.