Nakba at 78: How Israel Seized Palestinian Financial Wealth in 1948

The Financial Dimension of the Nakba: How Palestinian Wealth Was Seized in 1948 When the state of Israel was established in 1948 and approximately 750,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled their homes in what Palestinians call the Nakba — Arabic for “catastrophe” — the dispossession was not limited to houses, olive groves, and villages. According […]