While some were indeed persecuted, most left their homes largely on their free will driven by zionist ideals and of course the lure of a better life. So, really, the idea of a commemoration day just doesn't work just as the idea of trying to get reparations from the Arab lands. Having licked germany and the east european countries of biilions in reparations, please do not start dreaming of a fresh source of funds, no matter how impoverished the arab/muslim countries are