The Story of Palestine, Part 2: The Nakba

Continuing the story of Palestine, Leeh outlines the Great Arab Revolt and the events leading up to the 1948 Nakba. Known to the Palestinians as “The Catastrophe”, the Nakba was an ethnic cleansing campaign that destroyed over 500 villages and displaced 700,000 Palestinian refugees. This violence was spearheaded by Zionist David Ben-Gurion, who would go on to become Israel’s first Prime Minister. This episode deconstructs the notion of antisemitism, going back to the roots of the term “semetic”. We also discuss the following:UN 1947 Partition PlanPlan Dalet The Der Yassin MassacreThe Abu Shusha MassacreThe Lydda MassacreThe Al Dawayima MassacreLeeh does an incredible job of telling this story clearly and powerfully.  You can follow her on TikTok and Instagram, and she has a LinkTree page that includes a lot of relevant resourcesSupport the showCocktails & Capitalism is an anticapitalist labor of love, but we could use your help to make this project sustainable. If you can support with even a dollar a month, that would really help us continue to educate, agitate, and amplify the voices of those who are working to dismantle capitalism and create a better world.https://www.patreon.com/cocktailsandcapitalismFollow us on Instagram and TwitterSome episodes on YouTube. Subscribe & enjoy! Cheers!