The Nakba: Explained in Five Maps & Charts
Every year on 15 May Palestinians mark the Nakba, “catastrophe” in English, when around 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes by Zionist militias to make way for the creation of Israel in 1948.
It is an event that has shaped politics in Israel and Palestine ever since, and one which Palestinians say continues today in different forms of war, occupation, siege, home demolitions, land confiscations and more.
Here, Middle East Eye breaks down the Nakba in five graphics.
The events of the Nakba can be traced back to 1917, when Britain, in the “Balfour Declaration”, promised Zionists leaders that it would help establish “in Palestine a national home for the Jewish people”.
After capturing Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War One (1914-18), Britain ruled over Palestine between 1923-1948 under a “mandate” from the League of Nations.
Under 25 years of British rule, Palestinians were repeatedly suppressed, while European Jewish immigration flourished and Zionist groups were trained and armed.
With Britain deciding to end its mandate over Palestine in 1947, and the United Nations failing to enforce an alternative administration, Zionists began attacking Palestinians as part of a systemic campaign of forced expulsion.
By the end of the war, Zionist forces had killed 13,000 Palestinians, destroyed and depopulated around 530 villages and towns, committed at least 30 massacres and expelled 750,000 people.
Around 150,000 Palestinians remained within the boundaries of the newly formed state of Israel, many of them internally displaced.
Those expelled in 1948 and their descendants number 5.8 million refugees today, living mostly in neighbouring Arab countries.
Israel has never allowed Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland, making their plight the longest unresolved refugee crisis in modern history.
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A private jet reportedly belonging to former US President Donald Trump struck an unoccupied corporate plane with its wingtip as it was repositioning after landing at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida, Reuters wrote on Wednesday, quoting an anonymous source.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported the incident on Sunday on its website, although it did not mention the owner of the jet.
“A privately owned Boeing 757 landed safely at West Palm Beach International Airport around 1:20 a.m. local time on Sunday, May 12. While taxiing, its winglet contacted a parked and unoccupied corporate jet,” the agency said, adding that the incident took place in a part of the airport where the FAA does not direct aircraft.
It is not known whether Trump was on board at the time of the incident.
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The day before the collision, the Republican nominee flew to hold a rally in Wildwood, in traditionally Democrat New Jersey.
Trump bought the Boeing 757 in 2011 for $100 million, and has since had it heavily customized. The jet played a big role in his 2016 presidential campaign, where it was often seen in the background of rallies. Known as ‘Trump Force One,’ it was seen near the stage at the gatherings, often with the soundtrack of the Harrison Ford movie ‘Air Force One’ playing.
Trump maintains a residence at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach.
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