Palestinian key

The Palestinian key is the Palestinian symbol of their 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. Almost 75 years later the key remains a potent symbol and reminder of physical and emotional loss and injustice.

It is considered part of a hope for return and a claim to the lost properties.