Every year around this time, Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib introduces a resolution mourning the failure of the combined Arab armies to ethnically cleanse Israel of Jews. The term “nakba” was initially coined by Arab intellectuals after the Israeli War of Independence to give a title to the Arabs’ defeat at the hands of the Jews. Over time, it has been changed to mean the “catastrophe” of the flight of some Arab Palestinians, eviction of others, and internal displacement of still others