The Jewish Nakba

Nakba means "catastrophe", in arabic. It is the term used by the Palestinians to describe the disaster that fell upon them the day Israel declared its Independence;on that day, while Israelis celebrate Yom Haatzmaut, the Arab population commemorates "Al-Nakba", asking for the return to "their homes and land", of all the refugees expelled between 1946-1948, and their descendants. This is one of the main obstables to a Peace Agreement since it would imply a demographic suicide for Israel.

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