Image uploaded from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | Last Friday was actually the date commemorating Nakba Day, 14 May 1948, the date the state of Israel was declared. However, it is not the beginning of the Nakba (catastrophe) nor its end. Over 200 villages were ethnically cleansed in the six months before 14 May 1948, illustrating that it is not the founding of the state of Israel that began the Nakba, but that it was a pivotal moment in it. This video reviews the origins. |