The State of Israel declared independence as the British Mandate ended. Holocaust survivors were among those who sought refuge and rebuilt lives there, after years of blocked routes and displaced-persons camps. The declaration occurred in a settler-colonial and imperial context in which Palestinian Arabs also faced dispossession and mass displacement during the Nakba. The Holocaust and the Nakba are distinct histories; the latter cannot be reduced to an effect of the former.
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What was declared on May 14, 1948?
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The declaration occurred amid a postwar refugee crisis and the Nakba, distinct but connected histories.
The Holocaust and the Nakba are the same historical event.
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They are distinct histories; the Nakba cannot be reduced to an effect of the Holocaust.