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 Palestinian Nakba self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nakba Day
commemorationType day of mourning
day of protest
displacedPopulationEstimate 700000
displacedPopulationRangeLower 700000
displacedPopulationRangeUpper 800000
endDate 1949
hasLongTermConsequence Arab–Israeli conflict
Arab–Israeli conflict
surface form: 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
surface form: UN General Assembly Resolution 194 (right of return reference)
location Mandatory Palestine
mainlyAffected Palestinian
surface form: Palestinian Arabs
memoryTransmittedThrough commemorative events
family narratives
literature
oral history
visual arts
peakPeriod 1948
precededBy United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine
surface form: UN Partition Plan for Palestine
recognizedBy Palestinian Authority
relatedConcept ethnic cleansing allegations
relatedToEvent Arab–Israeli War of 1948
surface form: 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 Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: Nakba
Arab–Israeli War of 1948 involves Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: Palestinian exodus of 1948
Palestinian national movement hasKeyEvent Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: 1948 Palestinian exodus
Fatah operatesIn Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: Palestinian refugee diaspora
Question of Palestine relatedTo Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: 1948 Palestinian exodus
Palestinian Nakba commemorationName Palestinian Nakba self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Nakba Day
Deir Yassin massacre partOf Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: Palestinian exodus of 1948
Deir Yassin massacre relatedEvent Palestinian Nakba
Lydda and Ramle exodus partOf Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: 1948 Palestinian exodus
Lydda and Ramle exodus partOf Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: Palestinian refugee crisis
Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries relatedTo Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: Palestinian exodus of 1948
Operation Hiram relatedEvent Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: Palestinian exodus of 1948
Ghassan Kanafani subjectOfWriting Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: Nakba
Gazans historicalEventImpact Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: 1948 Nakba
Aida Camp establishedAfter Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: Nakba
Gate of the Sun mainSubject Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: Nakba
Qalqilya refugee camp refugeeOriginEvent Palestinian Nakba
this entity surface form: Nakba