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Article by Mohammed Haddad maps the destruction of more than 500 Palestinian villages during the Nakba of 1948, explaining how Zionist forces expelled over 750,000 Palestinians and seized most of historic Palestine. It highlights the research of Salman Abu Sitta and Al Jazeera’s interactive visualization of his data, while stressing that the Nakba is not only a historical event but an ongoing process. This source is a helpful introduction to the ongoing Nakba, ethnic cleansing, Palestinian villages, Palestinian refugees, the Israeli occupation, Israeli settlements, and the siege and bombardment of Gaza.
