Nakba
Sign in to saveThe Nakba () is the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Arabs by Israel 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. The term is used to describe the events of the 1948 Palestine war in Mandatory Palestine as well as Israel's ongoing persecution and displacement of Palestinians. As a whole, it covers the fracturing of Palestinian society and the longstanding rejection of the right of return for Palestinian refugees and th
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- Civilian attack.title
- Nakba
- Civilian attack.location
- Mandatory Palestine, Israeli–occupied Palestinian territories and Israel
- Civilian attack.date
- 31 December 1947 – present
- Civilian attack.partof
- the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Civilian attack.image
- Haifa_1948_expulsion.jpg
- Civilian attack.caption
- Palestinians being displaced after the fall of Haifa, accompanied by armed Haganah personnel, April 1948
- Civilian attack.target
- Palestinians
- Civilian attack.type
- Genocide, ethnic cleansing, forced displacement, dispossession, mass killing, settler colonialism, biological warfare
- Civilian attack.perpetrators
- State of IsraelBefore 26 May 1948: Haganah Irgun Lehi After 26 May 1948: Israeli Defense Forces
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33 sectionsContents
- Terminology
- Ottoman and British Mandate periods (prior to 1948)
- The 1948 Nakba
- Nov 1947 – May 1948
- May 1948 – Oct 1948
- Oct 1948 – Jul 1949
- Post-1948 Nakba
- Martial law period (1949–1966)
- Naksa period (1967–1986)
- Since the First Intifada (1987–present)
- Components
- Displacement
- Dispossession and erasure
- Statelessness and denationalization
- Fracturing of society
- Long-term implications and "ongoing Nakba"
- Israeli legislative measures
- Nakba denial
- International positions
- Historiography
- National narratives
- Palestinian national narrative
- Israeli national narrative
- In films and literature
- Museums
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Books
- Book chapters
- Articles
- Further reading
The Nakba () is the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Arabs by Israel 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. The term is used to describe the events of the 1948 Palestine war in Mandatory Palestine as well as Israel's ongoing persecution and displacement of Palestinians. As a whole, it covers the fracturing of Palestinian society and the longstanding rejection of the right of return for Palestinian refugees and their descendants.
During the foundational events of the Nakba in 1948, about half of Palestine's predominantly Arab populationaround 750,000 peoplewere expelled from their homes or made to flee through various violent means, at first by Zionist paramilitaries, and after the establishment of the State of Israel, by the IDF. Dozens of massacres targeted Palestinian Arabs, and over 500 Arab-majority towns, villages, and urban neighborhoods were depopulated. Many of the settlements were either completely destroyed or repopulated by Jews and given new Hebrew names. Israel employed biological warfare against Palestinians by poisoning village wells. By the end of the war, Israel controlled 78% of the land area of the former Mandatory Palestine.