The term "Second Nakba" refers to the displacement of Palestinians in and after the 1967 occupation. The Nakba, which means catastrophe, refers to the war that took place between 1947-1949 and resulted in the uprooting of more than 80% of the Palestinian population that had inhabited the area on which Israel was built for centuries. The Second Nakba happened in and after a war that took only six days between Israel and a number of Arab countries surrounding, resulting in the displacement of a quarter to one third of the Palestinian population and the beginning of a new era in which the whole of it got to live under a complex Israeli regime. The number of Palestinians displaced in that war was out of proportion, which can be understood only by explaining the ideological background that has, since the Nakba, been.

The term "Second Nakba" has been used recently in the news to describe the current situation in Gaza, where Israel has ordered Palestinians to leave their homes, and the aim is to pave the way for a second Nakba. The Israeli bombing campaign has levelled entire neighbourhoods and killed more than 1,900 people in the Gaza Strip since last Saturday. The Israeli military has distributed pamphlets from the sky and made pre-recorded phone calls to inform residents of their intention to target "terror sites" associated with Hamas and other armed groups. The situation in Gaza is dire, and the world is watching.