PLO official: The Nakba “catastrophe” for the Palestinian people began in 1917 with the Balfour Declaration
PLO Department of Refugee Affairs Director-General Anwar Hammam: "When we say Nakba (i.e., the establishment of Israel) or Naksa (i.e., the Six Day War) or the war of annihilation (i.e., Oct. 7 war), all of this indicates one thing and that is the Nakba of the Palestinian Arab people, which began..."