The fracturing, dispossession and displacement of Palestinian society, following the declaration of Israel on what had been most of Mandatory Palestine, including the expulsion or flight of the majority of the PalestinianArabs (some 700,000) and the destruction of their homes.
Origin
From Arabic نَكْبَة, from نَكَبَ.
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