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Nakba

The Nakba (Arabic: النَّكْبَة, romanized: an-Nakba, lit. 'the catastrophe') is the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Arabs by Zionists through their violent displacement and dispossession of land, property, and belongings, along with the destruction of their society and the suppression of their culture, identity, political rights, and national aspirations.…

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Location
Mandatory Palestine, Israeli–occupied Palestinian territories and Israel
Attack type
Genocide, ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, dispossession, mass killing, settler colonialism, biological warfare
Date
31 December 1947 – present
Deaths
1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight: 13,000–16,000 casualties · First Intifada: 1,962 casualties · Second Intifada: Up to 3,354 casualties · 2006 Gaza–Israel conflict: 402 casualties · Gaza War (2008–2009): 1,116–1,417 casualties
Motive
Zionism · settler colonialism · anti-Palestinianism · anti-Arab racism
Perpetrators
Haganah · Irgun · Lehi · Israel Defense Forces

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Ottoman and British Mandate periods (prior to 1948)

The 1948 Nakba

Post-1948 Nakba

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Long-term implications and "ongoing Nakba"

Israeli legislative measures

Nakba denial

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related to Nakba denial · 19
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related to Ottoman and British Mandate periods (prior to 1948) · 19
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related to Terminology · 18
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related to Fracturing of society · 17
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related to Israeli legislative measures · 17
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related to International positions · 16
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related to Statelessness and denationalization · 15
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related to Historiography · 14
Nakba → Alon Kadish, American University, Arab, Avraham Sela, Beirut, Constantin Zureiq, Disaster, Israeli, Ma'na, Palestinian, The, The Meaning, They, Yishuv
related to The 1948 Nakba · 12
Nakba → About, Eleven Arab, Israel, Israeli, Israelis, Looting, Palestine, Palestinian, Palestinians, State, The, Thousands
related to In films and literature · 11
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NakbaAttack typeGenocide, ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, dispossession, mass killing, settler colonialism, biological warfare1.00infobox
NakbaDate31 December 1947 – present1.00infobox
NakbaDeaths1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight: 13,000–16,000 casualties1.00infobox
NakbaDeathsFirst Intifada: 1,962 casualties1.00infobox
NakbaDeathsSecond Intifada: Up to 3,354 casualties1.00infobox
NakbaDeaths2006 Gaza–Israel conflict: 402 casualties1.00infobox
NakbaDeathsGaza War (2008–2009): 1,116–1,417 casualties1.00infobox
NakbaDeaths2014 Gaza War: 2,125–2,310 casualties1.00infobox
NakbaDeaths2021 Israel–Palestine crisis: 285 casualties1.00infobox
NakbaDeathsGaza genocide: 186,000[failed verification]–335,500 casualties in the Gaza Strip; at least 870 casualties in the West Bank1.00infobox
NakbaLocationMandatory Palestine, Israeli–occupied Palestinian territories and Israel1.00infobox
NakbaMotiveZionism1.00infobox
NakbaMotivesettler colonialism1.00infobox
NakbaMotiveanti-Palestinianism1.00infobox
NakbaMotiveanti-Arab racism1.00infobox
NakbaPerpetratorsHaganah1.00infobox
NakbaPerpetratorsIrgun1.00infobox
NakbaPerpetratorsLehi1.00infobox
NakbaPerpetratorsIsrael Defense Forces1.00infobox
NakbaTargetPalestinians1.00infobox
NakbaVictims1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight: 750,000+ expelled or fled1.00infobox
NakbaVictimsSix-Day War: 413,000 displaced1.00infobox
NakbaVictimsGaza genocide: 1,900,000 internally displaced1.00infobox

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