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The devastating images coming out of Gaza have chilling echoes of the 1948 Nakba (Arabic for catastrophe) when Israel was established on the rubble of Palestinian towns, villages, and cities.

Then, the Israeli military forcefully expelled over 750,000 Palestinians and captured 78 percent of historic Palestine. It destroyed 530 villages and killed over 15,000 Palestinians in a series of mass atrocities, including dozens of massacres.

Like in 1948, today, Israel is destroying villages and towns across Gaza. Like in 1948, Israel is creating mass atrocities and killing thousands of Palestinians. They are also trying to grab land just as they did in 1948.

Those displaced in the Nakba have never returned. Today, there are nearly 7 million Palestinian refugees around the world.

The images of Palestinians fleeing from the North of Gaza today are hauntingly similar to those seen in 1948. That is why many Palestinians say this isn’t just history repeating itself; it is the continuation of a Nakba that never ended.

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