The Nakba (Arabic for “catastrophe”) refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinian Arabs during the 1947–1949 Palestine war that accompanied the creation of Israel.  Triggered by the UN’s 1947 Partition Plan and ensuing civil war, it saw roughly 700,000 Palestinian civilians forced from their homes by Zionist/Israeli militias .  Palestinian historians emphasize that … Continue reading The Palestinian Nakba: Causes, Experiences, and Long-Term Displacement