One person was killed in protests in the West Bank on Wednesday as Palestinian demonstrators commemorated the flight and expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians during the first Middle East war in 1948. The Palestinians celebrate the so-called Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe) every year on May 15, one day after the anniversary of the founding of the Israeli state on May 14, 1948. In the West Bank, the central event took place in Ramallah. Sirens sounded there for 76 seconds at midday – one second for every year since the Nakba. North of Ramallah, there were clashes between demonstrating yout…