Thread by @YousefMunayyer

At the start of the Nakba, Zionist forces ethnically cleansed Palestinian towns and villages. Aerial imagery from before 1948 and from google maps today allows us to see the erasure. On this #NakbaDay I'm sharing some of these before and after images below...

The location of erased Palestinian towns and villages are easy to spot on a modern google map. Odd looking formations that don't match their surroundings maintain the perimeter of the villages like the chalk outline of a murder victim.

Here is a before and after shot of al-Maghar. You can see where the village was and see how it has been covered with trees.

Here is the village of as-Sawafir. You can see all the village homes were razed.

Beit Daras is another example. You can see clearly here the formation of the village surrounded by square agricultural plots.

Here is Beit Jibrin. You can see how big and densely populated this village was before it was entirely erased from the map.

Burayr is another example. Once again, an oddly shaped outline surrounded by squarely shaped agricultural plots now obscured by trees.

Asdud, a large Palestinian town, similarly erased

Qaqun as well, once again, oddly shaped plot covered in trees.

The evidence of ethnic cleansing is literally all over the map. You just need to look. ~500 Palestinian towns and villages were depopulated at the start of the Nakba, now in its 74th year.

Most were erased from sight but the evidence of these crimes is so obvious, it can be seen from space. If there are those who still don't see it, it is only because they choose not to. /end