Morgan Duchesney

Palestinian Nakba and the creation of Israel deserve equal recognition

Morgan Duchesney / May 12, 2020 / 4 min read

The word Nakba is used by Palestinians and others to describe the period between 1947 and 1949, when over 700,000 indigenous Arabs were driven from their homes during Israel’s comprehensive Operation Dalet—a self-described “cleansing” to make way for the creation of the state of Israel. Since the Nakba is intentionally excluded from mainstream narratives, most Canadians receive a narrow version of history.

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