tine
- 250,000-280,000 moved into camps in the Gaza region.
- The Israeli government was not prepared to allow them to return.
- Ben Gurion told the cabinet on June 16, 1948 that 'Israel should
- Israel argued that as the Palestinians 'abandoned" their homes of
their free will. They also argue that they were urged to do this by
the Arab leadership. As such, Israel argued that it had no moral
responsibility or legal obligation to give the Palestinian Arabs their
- There is evidence both supporting and too the contrary as to
whether Israel forced the Palestinians out.
- According to some sources, the Arab League and the m mufti
ordered Palestinians to reform where they were.
- Palestinian exodus referred to al-nakba.
- Complete collapse of Palestinian political and economic
- At the time they were needed most, many village chiefs and
- Palestinian society was semi-feudal was semi-feudal. Once
leaders had escaped from Jaffa and elsewhere, the
Palestinians lower socially were left helpless with no
- There sense of helplessness and fear was intensified by
savage attacks by IDF (Israeli Defence Force)
- Suggested that as part of Haganah plan to make Jews leave:
Effect of Creation of Israel on Arab Jewish Communities
- By 1949, Arab states were hostile to their own Jewish
communities (which had been around for centuries).
- No real, lasting peace after 1948-49 war.
- Raids by Arabs known as the Fedayeen were conducted
into Israel from Sinai, Gaza strip and the west bank. More
than 1200 Israelis had been killed in more than 400
different raids. Israel retaliated with medium sized military
- From 1954, Nasser prevented Israel cargo ships from using
the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba.
- In Feb. 1955, pro western Iraq signed defence lines from
turkey. This treaty was intended as a barrier against further
soviet control in the middle east known as the Baghdad
pact,...