Naksa in the context of Jaramana Camp


Naksa in the context of Jaramana Camp

⭐ Core Definition: Naksa

The Naksa (Arabic: النكسة, "the setback") was the displacement of around 280,000 to 325,000 Palestinians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, when the territories were captured by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. A number of Palestinian villages were destroyed by the Israeli military, such as Imwas, Yalo, Bayt Nuba, Beit Awwa, and Al-Jiftlik, among others.

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Naksa in the context of Palestinian refugee camps

Palestinian refugee camps were first established to accommodate Palestinians who were displaced by the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight during the 1948 Palestine war. Camps were established by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. A subsequent wave of Palestinian refugees were created in the Naksa after the Six-Day War in 1967.

There are 68 Palestinian refugee camps in total, 58 official and 10 unofficial, ten of which were established after the Six-Day War while the others were established in 1948 to 1950s.

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Naksa in the context of Imwas

Imwas or Emmaus (Arabic: عِمواس, romanizedʿImwās), known in classical times as Nicopolis (Ancient Greek: Νικόπολις, lit.'City of Victory'), is a former Palestinian village ethnically cleansed by Israel, located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) southeast of the city of Ramla and 26 kilometres (16 mi) from Jerusalem in the Latrun salient of the West Bank. It is traditionally (possibly from as early as the 3rd century, but probably incorrectly) identified with the biblical Emmaus. In 1967, the village's population was expelled and its buildings razed by Israeli forces as part of the Naksa during the Six-Day War.

After the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, Imwas fell under Jordanian rule. Its population at the time was predominantly Muslim although there was a Palestinian Christian minority. During the 1967 Six-Day War, IDF troops ethnically cleansed Emwas and the village structures were destroyed, forming a part of the larger Naksa. Imwas and the area surrounding Latrun were unilaterally 'annexed' by Israel along with the neighbouring villages of Yalo and Bayt Nuba. Today the area of the former village lies within Canada Park, which was established by the Jewish National Fund in 1973.

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Naksa in the context of Bayt Nuba

Bayt Nuba (Arabic: بيت نوبا) is a depopulated Palestinian Arab village, located halfway between Jerusalem and Ramla. During the 1967 Six Day War, Israeli troops ethnically cleansed Bayt Nuba and replaced it with the Jewish-only settlement of Mevo Horon.

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