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  • That's the plight of the Palestinians who've been "screaming" for six decades following Israel's "war of independence" they call al-Nakba, the catastrophe.

    Making Gaza "Scream" 2007

  • That's the plight of the Palestinians who've been "screaming" for six decades following Israel's "war of independence" they call al-Nakba, the catastrophe.

    Making Gaza "Scream" 2007

  • This period of Palestinian history has come to be known as al-Nakba, 'the catastrophe'.

    Elder of Ziyon 2010

  • Israeli soldiers disperse Palestinians during a demonstration marking al-Nakba Day in Bethlehem Photograph: Rex Features

    BBC is 'confusing cause and effect' in its Israeli coverage 2011

  • Palestinians are marking the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the first Arab-Israeli war, known as al-Nakba, or "the catastrophe".

    BBC Have your Say Not a sheep 2008

  • Palestinians are marking the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the first Arab-Israeli war, known as al-Nakba, or "the catastrophe".

    Archive 2008-05-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • The BBC are still pushing the "narrative" of the al-Nakba, the "catastrophe", the story that the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 was a "catastrophe" for the Palestinians.

    al-Nakba, the "catastrophe" Not a sheep 2008

  • The BBC are still pushing the "narrative" of the al-Nakba, the "catastrophe", the story that the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 was a "catastrophe" for the Palestinians.

    Archive 2008-05-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Wednesday, 21 May 2008 al-Nakba, the "catastrophe"

    al-Nakba, the "catastrophe" Not a sheep 2008

  • Not a sheep: al-Nakba, the "catastrophe" skip to main | skip to sidebar

    al-Nakba, the "catastrophe" Not a sheep 2008

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