A set of hijackings carried out by Palestinian resistance groups in September 1970 set off a war between them and Jordan. It culminated in the killing of approximately 10,000 to 25,000 Palestinians. The war was significant because of its unusual geopolitics. It involved Pakistan’s former General Muhammad Zia-Ul-Haq rebuilding Jordan’s tattered military
Recognising the catastrophe of Palestinian expulsion in 1948, the Arabic term 'Nakba' has emerged as a political concept, using collective memory as resistance