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‘The events of 1948 cast a very dark shadow over the Israeli government’

Today marks al-Nakba, the forced displacement of some 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland in 1948, to make way for the creation of Israel.

MEE spoke with Omar Shakir from Human Rights Watch on how the legacy of al-Nakba shapes the policies of Israel today.
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