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cpwm17

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8. That all happened after the pre-Israel Zionists started the Nakba, which stared in 1947.
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 03:47 AM
Mar 2016

The Palestinians weren't "displaced", they were expelled to create a Jewish majority state.

Zionist had plans on expanding their territory into more Arab nations. The neighboring Arab nations got involved after the huge flood of expelled refugees flooded their countries.

The involvement of the neighboring Arab nations in 1948 prevented it from becoming a complete rout. That is why Israel had to start the war in 1967. The wanted to take the rest of Palestine then. They also took parts of Egypt and Syria.

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