Diaspora Archives - Go Volunteer in Palestine https://www.govolunteerinpalestine.org/category/diaspora/ Volunteer Programs in Palestine - The West Bank Sat, 14 Sep 2024 09:02:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.govolunteerinpalestine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cropped-cropped-cropped-Instagram-Post-4-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Diaspora Archives - Go Volunteer in Palestine https://www.govolunteerinpalestine.org/category/diaspora/ 32 32 214952998 The Nakba and the Origins of the Palestinian Refugee Crisis https://www.govolunteerinpalestine.org/the-nakba-and-the-origins-of-the-palestinian-refugee-crisis/ Sat, 14 Sep 2024 09:02:37 +0000 https://www.govolunteerinpalestine.org/?p=17489 Between 1947 and 1949, approximately 800,000 Palestinians were forced to flee from their homes during the creation of the state of Israel. During this time, an estimated 13,000 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, and 531 Palestinian villages were destroyed. This violence was deliberately planned and enacted by Zionist leaders to establish a majority-Jewish state in Historic Palestine, leading to what is known as “the Read More ...

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