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Al Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948

1997, English. Directed by Benny Brunner & Alexandra Jansse.

Al Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948 is a groundbreaking documentary film that comprehensively examines the events that resulted in the creation of over 700,000 Palestinian refugees and the destruction of approximately 400 Palestinian villages at the end of the first "Israeli-Arab war" in 1948. Featuring historian Benny Morris and drawing on his book “The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949,” this film is conducted in both Hebrew and Arabic with English voice-over. It is widely regarded as the first film to seriously tackle these historic events.

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1 January 1997
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Al Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948 (1997) was directed by Benny Brunner and Alexandra Jansse.

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