Tweet from Jay Engelmayer

By Jay Engelmayer (@jengelmayer)

2026-08-12

Source type: twitter

This 1948 letter debunks the "Nakba" myth that so many people, including politicians like @AOC, @Ilhan and especially @RashidaTlaib like to peddle. Now, before we debate what caused the Nakba, let us ask a more basic question: what did the word originally mean? In 1948, https://t.co/LaOI483eQB

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Topics: Arab-Israeli war (1948), History