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Nakba
[ nok-buh; Arabic nak-bah ]
noun
- the mass expulsion and dispossession of Palestinians from the partitioned state of Palestine by Jewish militia and Israeli military forces between 1947 and 1949.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Nakba1
First recorded in 1960–65; from Arabic: literally, “catastrophe, disaster”
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Example Sentences
Asking questions about the nakba is the biggest taboo in Israeli Jewish society.
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The question Tarachansky explores in the film is how Israelis respond to the subject of the nakba.
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The first Nakba, or catastrophe, was when Palestinians were displaced in 1948.
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Palestinians call their displacement from Syria “a second Nakba,” Ellis said.
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Palestinians who tried to enter Israel from Syria and Lebanon on Nakba Day recently were shot.
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