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'''Nakba Day''' is when the Palestinians blame Israel for all the other Arab governments, once their asses had been kicked by Israel on the battlefield, sold them out and permitted the historic and rightful return of the Jewish people to their land. |
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'''Nakba Day''' ([[Arabic language|Arabic:]] يوم النكبة ''yawm al-nakba'' — [[15 May]]) meaning "day of the catastrophe" is an annual day of commemoration for the [[Palestinian people]] of the "anniversary of the creation of Israel"<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1332157.stm]</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010513/ai_n14395792]</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010516/ai_n14396547]</ref><ref>[http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1145961350957]</ref><ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=420386&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y]</ref> which marks the beginning of the [[1948 Palestinian exodus]], the resulting defeat in the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]], the loss of land that followed from the war<ref>[http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Palestine/197580 58th anniversary of the Palestinian Catastrophe], Al Bawaba, [[3 May]] [[2006]].</ref> and their displacement and dispossession as a result <ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|title=In pictures: 'Catastrophe Day' protests|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/1332157.stm|accessdate=2006-05-08}}</ref>. While for Israelis, the 1948 war gave them independence and this day represents the "fulfilment of a historic ideal of the Jewish people" to establish a [[homeland for the Jewish people]], for Palestinians, the day represents "the dispossession of hundreds of thousands of their people who were made homeless as Israel was born.”<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|title=Flashback: Palestine’s Catastrophe|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1331172.stm}}</ref> |
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[[1947-1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine|Events in Palestine during the British mandate prior to Israel's declaration of independence]], as well as the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]] that erupted following the invasion by neighbouring Arab states, resulted in the [[Palestinian exodus|flight or expulsion]] of an estimated 700,000 Palestinian refugees,<ref name="r3">Morris, Benny (2003).'' The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-00967-7, p. 604.</ref> and the destruction and abandonment of [[List of villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war|up to 418 Palestinian villages]].<ref name="r4">Khalidi, Walid (Ed.). (1992). ''All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948''. Washington: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.</ref> |
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Palestinian Arabs call these events ''[[al-Nakba]]'' ("the catastrophe").<ref>Sheleg, Yair [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=574888&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y' 'Day of the citizen instead of day of the catastrophe'], ''[[Haaretz]]'', [[3 May]] [[2006]].</ref> |
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Israel declared its independence on the evening of [[May 14]] [[1948]]. That same night saw the invasion of Israel by Five of the seven countries of the [[Arab League]], starting the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]]. Israel defeated armies of [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Transjordan]], [[Lebanon]] and [[Iraq]] and captured just over fifty per cent of the territory allocated as an Arab state in the [[1947 UN Partition Plan]], while the remaining was annexed by [[Transjordan]] or controlled by [[Egypt]]. After the end of the War, the vast majority of Palestinian Arab refugees outside the [[1949 Armistice Agreements|1949 armistice lines]] were barred from returning to their homes, many of which had been destroyed, or from reclaiming their property.<ref name="r3" /><ref name="r4" /> Every year, on the 5th of [[Iyyar]] of the [[Hebrew calendar]] (which can fall between 15 April and 15 May) Israelis celebrate Independence Day (''[[Yom Ha'atzma'ut]]'').<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/People/Jewish+Festivals+in+Israel.htm?DisplayMode=print Jewish Festivals in Israel], Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed [[3 May]] [[2006]].</ref> While Nakba Day is commemorated on [[May 15]] in keeping with the [[Gregorian calendar]] instead of the [[Islamic calendar]], Palestinian Arabs and their supporters around the world coordinate some Nakba Day events to coincide with the Israeli Independence Day celebrations.<ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44218 Palestinians to mourn Israel's founding] by Aaron Klein, WorldNetDaily, [[May 12]], [[2005]].</ref><ref>[http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44294 Palestinians mourn Israel's founding] y by Aaron Klein, WorldNetDaily, [[May 16]], [[2005]].</ref><ref>[http://www.arabhra.org/publications/wrap/2001/wrap29.htm Weekly Review of the Arab Press in Israel], Arab Association for Human Rights, [[April 30]], [[2001]].</ref> Because of the differences between the Jewish and the Gregorian calendars, Independence Day and the official [[May 15]] date for Nakba Day usually only coincides every 19 years.<ref>Hertz-Larowitz, Rachel (2003). Arab and Jewish Youth in Israel: Voicing National Injustice on Campus. ''Journal of Social Issues'', 59(1), 51-66.</ref> In Israel, there are Nakba day protests which takes place according to the Hebrew date, on the same day when Israelis celebrate Israel's independence day. |
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The event is often marked by speeches and rallies in the [[West Bank]], [[Gaza]] and in [[Arab League|Arab states]].<ref>Bowker, Robert (2003). ''Palestinian Refugees: Mythology, Identity, and the Search for Peace''. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 1-58826-202-2, p. 96.</ref> In 2006, [[Israeli Arab]] member of the [[Knesset]] Dr. [[Azmi Bishara]] told the Israeli newspaper ''[[Maariv]]'': "Independence Day is your holiday, not ours. We mark this as the day of our Nakba, the tragedy that befell the Palestinian nation in 1948".<ref>[http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART1/079/396.html ''Maariv'' article (in Hebrew)].</ref><ref>[http://english.bna.bh/?ID=44363 'The Palestinian nakba at 58'], [[Bahrain News Agency]], [[1 May]], [[2006]].</ref>Israeli politician [[Avigdor Lieberman]] called for Israeli Arab [[Knesset]] members that marked Nakba Day to be tried for treason.{{Fact}} |
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The day was inaugurated in 1998 by [[Yasser Arafat]],<ref>Rubin, Barry and Rubin, Judith Colp (2003). ''Yasir Arafat: A Political Biography''. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-516689-2, p. 187.</ref> when over one million people participated in marches and other events.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1035240 Palestinians protest], [[National Public Radio]], [[14 May]], [[1998]].</ref> |
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Nakba Day has been marked each year by protests which at times develop to clashes between Palestinians and the [[Israel Defense Forces]] in the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]],<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/749690.stm Analysis: Why Palestinians are angry], [[BBC News Online]], [[15 May]], [[2000]].</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/748844.stm Violence erupts in West Bank], [[BBC News Online]], [[15 May]], [[2000]].</ref><ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1074174 Israel - Palestinian Violence], [[National Public Radio]], [[15 May]], [[2000]].</ref> and in 2003 and 2004, by demonstrations in [[London]]<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3037117.stm Pro-Palestine rally in London], [[BBC News Online]], [[15 May]], [[2003]].</ref> and [[New York City]].<ref>[http://www.nkusa.org/activities/demonstrations/Al-Nakba04.cfm Al-Nakba Day Rally in Times Square], 2004.</ref> |
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Image:Oldwoman cry baby nakba.jpg|Grandmother cries over grandson, Nakba 1948. |
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Image:Mother baby nakba.jpg|Palestinan mother Nakba 1948. |
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Image:Man see school nakba.jpg|Palestinian watch over a school in a refugee camp 1948 |
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Image:Boy sister school nakba.jpg|Makeshift school for Palestinian refugees. |
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Image:Woman nakba dress jug.jpg|Palestinian woman a baby and a jug, Nakba. |
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Image:Oldman girl nakba.jpg|Refugees in the open Nakba 1948. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Yom Ha'atzmaut]] |
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*[[Naksa Day]] |
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*[[Palestinian exodus]] |
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*[[Palestinian refugee]] |
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*[[Israel#Establishment of the State|Israeli independence]] |
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*[[Jewish exodus from Arab lands]] |
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*[[List of villages depopulated during the Arab-Israeli conflict]] |
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*[[International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People]] |
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*[[Benny Brunner]], director of the documentary ''Al Nakba: the Palestinian catastrophe 1948'' |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.docsonline.tv/?search=Al%20Nakba&type=title&docinfo=97 Al Nakba], full filmdescription of documentary & background |
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*[http://www.expressionsofnakba.org Expressions of Nakba Competition 2008], Call for Entries by March 30, 2008 with awards and public exhibitions planned throughout the year |
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Revision as of 14:10, 15 May 2008
Nakba Day is when the Palestinians blame Israel for all the other Arab governments, once their asses had been kicked by Israel on the battlefield, sold them out and permitted the historic and rightful return of the Jewish people to their land.