Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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May 15th is the day Palestinians commemorate the Nakba, or "catastrophe" in Arabic. From 1947-1949, about 700,000 Palestinians either fled or were forced from their homes in what is now Israel. Here's how it happened.

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