Ten facts about the Nakba

"We thought it would be a matter of weeks, only until the fighting died down. Of course, we were never allowed to go home." Nina Saah, Washington, DC

"My family's farm of oranges, grapefruits and lemons, centuries old, was gone." Darwish Addassi, Walnut Creek, California

"Those of us who left unwillingly in 1948 are plagued with painful nostalgia. My house in West Jerusalem is an Israeli nursery school now." Inea Bushnaq, New York, New ... Full Story »

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by Nancy Scott - Oct. 1, 2008

Most people in the United States just do not understand the situation in Palestine when we helped to set up Israel and evict all the people who lived there, and although it is not mentioined, the US continues to give Israel more money than any other country in the world every year which gives the US a bid image because of our policies. This article gives a brief review of what happened and helps to explain why the issue of all these people being displaced continues to be at the root of all the misery of the Palestinians and the negative perceptions of the United States because of our unfair policies of supporting Israel.

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