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Israel was caught off guard in May when thousands of Palestinians and their supporters, some throwing firebombs, tried to breach its northern border with Lebanon, and crossed from Syria into the disputed Israeli-held Golan Heights during protests recalling the 1948 birth of Israel, which Palestinians refer to as a naqba , or disaster.
Grappling With Protests, Israel Seeks to Limit Use of Force Joshua Mitnick 2011
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The moreso when the Arab view points about the so-called naqba are a massive distortion of documented historic fact.
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To the Palestinians, 1948 is the "naqba" - the catastrophe - when they were stripped of their ancestral land and turned into refugees by modern-day Crusaders.
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To the Palestinians, 1948 is the "naqba" - the catastrophe - when they were stripped of their ancestral land and turned into refugees by modern-day Crusaders.
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To the Palestinians, 1948 is the "naqba" - the catastrophe - when they were stripped of their ancestral land and turned into refugees by modern-day Crusaders.
The Seattle Times 2011
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With people like that, is it any wonder that they fall for the propaganda and the fabrications about 'ethnic cleansing', 'naqba' and other such nonsense, since in their distorted world-view this seems to justify to them their pathological hatred of Jews.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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One of the reasons for the naqba was the arms embargo against Israel’s enemies.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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The latest news from Israel: How to teach the 'naqba'
Israelated - English Israel blogs Israel Matzav 2010
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Yad Vashem fires guide who compared Holocaust to 'naqba'
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Palestinians complain that Israel refuses to recognize their hardship, including the expulsion and exile of hundreds of thousands during the war that followed Israel's creation in 1948, which Palestinians refer to as the "naqba," or "catastrophe."
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