Original sentence: The Israeli often refer to this period as their War of Independence, because it saw the birth of the State of Israel while Palestinians and Arabs refer to this as al-Nakba (the catastrophe), because of the massive population exodus and the death of their nationalist aspirations
Edited sentence: The Israeli often refer to this period as their War of Independence, because it saw the birth of the State of Israel while Palestinians and Arabs refer to this as al-Nakba (the catastrophe), because of the massive population exodus and the death of their nationalist aspirations, due to the unjust takeover of their land