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Nakba & Historical Denial
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This theme collects PIPD's sourced responses to 12 claims about Nakba & Historical Denial, including: Palestinians have always rejected peace with Israel; There was no Nakba in 1948. It's Israeli independence; Why don't Palestinians just move to the other Arab countries, and 9 more. It overlaps most with Ethnic Cleansing and Peace & Statehood, since several of these claims touch on more than one theme at once.
- There was no Nakba in 1948. It's Israeli independence.
- There was never a Palestinian people before Israel, and the land was empty.
- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a complicated issue.
- It all started on October 7, 2023.
- The Arabs attacked Israel in many wars and lost, so the consequences are their fault.
- It was the Arabs who expelled Arab Jews from their countries after 1948.
- Why don't Palestinians just move to the other Arab countries?
- Why don't Palestinian refugees just assimilate where they live?
- How can it be ethnic cleansing when the Palestinian population is steadily growing?
- Palestinian leader Haj Amin al-Husseini inspired the Holocaust.
- Palestinians have always rejected peace with Israel.
- Had Palestinians accepted the UN partition plan, they would have a state today.