For Palestinians, the Nakba "Catastrophe" is their "Holocaust" six-month slaughter and displacement before and after the May 1948 establishment of Israel.
In December 1947, Jews in Palestine numbered 600,000 compared to 1.3 million Palestinians. David Ben-Gurion ordered them removed and for "Every attack....to end with occupation, destruction and expulsion.
"He meant depopulation, destruction, mass slaughter, displacement, and erasing a proud people's history. Palestine was to become Israel.
Most of the job was completed, more in 1967, and thereafter incrementally until total dispossession is achieved.
Gaza is the latest battleground. More ahead is planned. The struggle for liberation continues.
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