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Displaced Persons Act of 1948; Long title: An act to authorize for a limited period of time the admission into the United States of certain European displaced persons for permanent residence, and for other purposes: Enacted by: the 80th United States Congress: Effective: June 25, 1948: Citations; Public law: 80-774: Statutes at Large: 62 Stat ...
The Nakba (Arabic: النَّكْبَة, romanized: an-Nakba, lit. 'the catastrophe') is the ethnic cleansing [14] of Palestinian Arabs through their violent displacement and dispossession of land, property, and belongings, along with the destruction of their society and the suppression of their culture, identity, political rights, and national aspirations. [15]
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Nakba of 1948 Part of the Nakba, the 1948 Palestine war and the Arab–Israeli conflict Palestinians being displaced after the fall of Haifa, accompanied by armed Haganah personnel. Location Mandatory Palestine Date 31 December 1947 – 20 July 1949 Target Palestinian Arabs Attack type Ethnic ...
With these words, Rashad Mansour rejected President Donald Trump's proposal for the United States to take over Gaza and create a "Riviera of the Middle East" after resettling Palestinians elsewhere.
Some 70% of Gaza’s 2.1 million residents are already registered by the United Nations as refugees, many of whom are descendants of Palestinians who were displaced in 1948, when some 700,000 ...
[7]: 589 The Displaced Persons Act of 1948, the first refugee legislation enacted by U.S. Congress, provided for the admission of an additional 400,000 displaced Europeans. Previous to this Act, 250,000 displaced Europeans had already been admitted to the U.S. [8] After the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, refugee admission laws evolved to accept ...
said Elfat al-Nahhal, among the displaced in Rafah. "We will repeat the story of 1948," she said, referring to the displacement of 700,000 Palestinians who were expelled or fled their homes during ...
On May 15, 1948, emergency law was declared, and a royal decree forbade Egyptian citizens to leave the country without a special permit. This was applied to Jews. Hundreds of Jews were arrested and many had their property confiscated. In June through August 1948, bombs were planted in Jewish neighborhoods and Jewish businesses looted.