Palestinian Nakba

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The Palestinian Nakba refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians during the 1948 conflict surrounding the creation of the State of Israel, remembered as a national catastrophe in Palestinian history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Palestinian national catastrophe
historical event
mass displacement
associatedWith Palestinian right of return claim
centralTo Palestinian collective memory
Palestinian national identity
commemoratedOn 15 May
commemorationName Nakba Day
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
commemorationType day of mourning
day of protest
displacedPopulationEstimate 700000
displacedPopulationRangeLower 700000
displacedPopulationRangeUpper 800000
endDate 1949
hasLongTermConsequence Arab–Israeli conflict
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Palestinian diaspora
hasNameInArabic النكبة
involves depopulation of Palestinian towns
depopulation of Palestinian villages
loss of homes
loss of land
loss of property deeds
refugee camps in neighboring Arab countries
legalContext UN General Assembly Resolution 194 (right of return reference)
location Mandatory Palestine
mainlyAffected Palestinian Arabs
linked to: Palestinian
memoryTransmittedThrough commemorative events
family narratives
literature
oral history
visual arts
peakPeriod 1948
precededBy UN Partition Plan for Palestine
recognizedBy Palestinian Authority
relatedConcept ethnic cleansing allegations
relatedToEvent 1948 Arab–Israeli War
creation of the State of Israel
rememberedAs national catastrophe by Palestinians
resultedIn Palestinian refugee crisis
destruction of Palestinian villages
expropriation of Palestinian property
long-term statelessness for many Palestinians
mass displacement of Palestinians
startDate 1947
subjectOf Nakba historiography debates
Palestinian refugee negotiations
translationOfName the catastrophe

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Arab–Israeli War of 1948 hasAlias Palestinian Nakba
Arab–Israeli War of 1948 hasAlias Nakba
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Arab–Israeli War of 1948 involves Palestinian exodus of 1948
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Palestinian national movement hasKeyEvent 1948 Palestinian exodus
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Fatah operatesIn Palestinian refugee diaspora
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Question of Palestine relatedTo 1948 Palestinian exodus
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Palestinian Nakba commemorationName Nakba Day
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Deir Yassin massacre partOf Palestinian exodus of 1948
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Deir Yassin massacre relatedEvent Palestinian Nakba
Lydda and Ramle exodus partOf 1948 Palestinian exodus
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Lydda and Ramle exodus partOf Palestinian refugee crisis
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries relatedTo Palestinian exodus of 1948
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Operation Hiram relatedEvent Palestinian exodus of 1948
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Ghassan Kanafani subjectOfWriting Nakba
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Gazans historicalEventImpact 1948 Nakba
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Aida Camp establishedAfter Nakba
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Gate of the Sun mainSubject Nakba
linked to: Palestinian Nakba
Qalqilya refugee camp refugeeOriginEvent Nakba
linked to: Palestinian Nakba