Al Nakba Analysis
Al Nakba is a term often denoted to the 1948 incident where the Palestinians were casted out from their homeland as the consequence in establishing the “new state of Israel” (Oxford Dictionaries, 2015). The term Nakba is also referred to as “catastrophe”. The documentary “Al Nakba”, and its series of episodes, tells and elaborates the events that transpired in 1948 where thousands of Palestinians were ejected from their native land and it tends to evaluate the events that had happened during that time to give its viewers substantial information and offer a clear understanding on the happenings at that time. The first episode of the documentary shows the historical backgrounds and reasons behind the concept of making the Palestinian
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Britain made coalitions with the Zionists or those who practice Zionism and believes that the Jews must return to their lands which was further emphasized in 1948 in the establishing the “new state of Israel”. Due to the rising number of Jewish immigration on Palestinian lands made the Palestinians revolt and opposes the concept which resulted to violence resulting many of Palestinian, Jews and British casualties. Many Palestinians were forced to leave their homes and a lot of them were greatly oppressed thus some of them fought back. It was until United Nations examined the conflict on the two regions and proposals were made but somehow was inefficient since both parties have their own views and opinions which clashed one another and was deemed to be intensively debatable. Considering the chaos, the “believed” injustice that occurred in Palestine, the unending debate on who should have the greater part of the land and the constant disagreements, the biggest issue here are the people afflicted by the conflict. According to a British historian named Arnold Toynbee ( as stated in the documentary) “the tragedy in Palestine is not just a local one; it is a tragedy for the world, because it is an injustice that is a menace to the world's peace” and it is agreeable as in the fourth episode of the documentary, many were deprive of their homes, many Palestinians starved and many were place in concentration camps considering that in the first place, it was their homeland which was occupied, which was taken from
Britain made coalitions with the Zionists or those who practice Zionism and believes that the Jews must return to their lands which was further emphasized in 1948 in the establishing the “new state of Israel”. Due to the rising number of Jewish immigration on Palestinian lands made the Palestinians revolt and opposes the concept which resulted to violence resulting many of Palestinian, Jews and British casualties. Many Palestinians were forced to leave their homes and a lot of them were greatly oppressed thus some of them fought back. It was until United Nations examined the conflict on the two regions and proposals were made but somehow was inefficient since both parties have their own views and opinions which clashed one another and was deemed to be intensively debatable. Considering the chaos, the “believed” injustice that occurred in Palestine, the unending debate on who should have the greater part of the land and the constant disagreements, the biggest issue here are the people afflicted by the conflict. According to a British historian named Arnold Toynbee ( as stated in the documentary) “the tragedy in Palestine is not just a local one; it is a tragedy for the world, because it is an injustice that is a menace to the world's peace” and it is agreeable as in the fourth episode of the documentary, many were deprive of their homes, many Palestinians starved and many were place in concentration camps considering that in the first place, it was their homeland which was occupied, which was taken from