Refugee camp in the Jordan Valley for displaced Palestinians, 1948, Getty Images.
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“Nakba” is the Arabic word for catastrophe, referring to the 1948 forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their homeland. Throughout 1948, over 750,000 people were pushed out of their homes by various violent means including physical and psychological warfare by Zionist paramilitaries and the Israeli military (after the establishment of the State of Israel.) By the end, Israel occupied 78% of Palestinian land and the displaced Palestinians were forced to continue living in refugee camps.
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