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The Sykes-Picot agreement’s legacy of turmoil and war
Palestine’s Nakba is part of a wider Arab ‘catastrophe,’ which was imposed by Western imperialist powers 100 years ago, writes RAMZY BAROUD
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ON MAY 15 of every year, over the past 68 years, Palestinians have commemorated their collective exile from Palestine.
The ethnic cleansing of Palestine to make room for a “Jewish homeland” came at a price of unrelenting violence and perpetual suffering. Palestinians refer to that enduring experience as “Nakba,” or “Catastrophe.”
However, the Nakba is not merely a Palestinian experience; it is also an Arab wound that never ceases from bleeding.
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