Articles by Hamza Abu Eltarabesh |The Electronic Intifada
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The 50-Year Setback
Hamza Abu Eltarabesh |The Electronic Intifada – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Jun 2017
The 1967 War had eerily similar effects to the Nakba (Arabic for catastrophe), the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Approximately 400,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza were displaced 50 years ago this month. The events of 1967 have become known as the Naksa, or setback. The war lasted six days. By the time it ended, Israel had occupied the West Bank, Gaza, Egypt’s Sinai peninsula and Syria’s Golan Heights.
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