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The '''1948 Arab-Israeli War''', referred to as the '''War of Independence''' (מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis, and '''The Catastrophe''' ("al Nakba", '''النكبة''') by Arabs, where some 700,000 Palestinians were expelled or self evacuated <ref>[https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/efraim-karsh/were-the-palestinians-expelled/ Were the Palestinians Expelled? The historical record has something definitive to say about the next big item on the anti-Israel agenda: a "right of… by Efraim Karsh], Commentary Magazine, July/August 2000</ref><ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/myths-and-facts-the-refugees Myths & Facts - The Refugees - Jewish Virtual Library]</ref><ref>[https://www.camera.org/article/contradicting-its-own-archives-new-york-times-expulsion-escape-of-haifas-arabs/ Contradicting Its Own Archives, New York Times Cites Expulsion of Haifa’s Arabs]  By T. Sternthal, CAMERA, May 18, 2020</ref> told by Arab leaders to leave (till after "victory") from their homeland, was the first armed conflict fought by the modern state of [[Israel]], with a total population of approximately 600,000, against the armies of the [[Arab]] nations of [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], [[Lebanon]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Iraq]], and other Arab militias.  About 6,000 Israelis died in the war, or fully one percent of the population, but the war ended in 1949 with a [[United Nations]]-brokered armistice.  As a result of the war, Israel grew by some 50% over the original Partition of British Palestine.  Some 800,000 Jews were expelled from neighboring Arab states and allowed to settle in Israel.

The '''1948 Arab-Israeli War''', referred to as the '''War of Independence''' (מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis, and '''The Catastrophe''' ("al Nakba", '''النكبة''') by Arabs, where some 700,000 Palestinians were expelled or self evacuated <ref>[https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/efraim-karsh/were-the-palestinians-expelled/ Were the Palestinians Expelled? The historical record has something definitive to say about the next big item on the anti-Israel agenda: a "right of… by Efraim Karsh], Commentary Magazine, July/August 2000</ref><ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/myths-and-facts-the-refugees Myths & Facts - The Refugees - Jewish Virtual Library]</ref><ref>[https://www.camera.org/article/contradicting-its-own-archives-new-york-times-expulsion-escape-of-haifas-arabs/ Contradicting Its Own Archives, New York Times Cites Expulsion of Haifa’s Arabs]  By T. Sternthal, CAMERA, May 18, 2020</ref> told by Arab leaders to leave (till after "victory") from their homeland, was the first armed conflict fought by the modern state of [[Israel]], with a total population of approximately 600,000, against the armies of the [[Arab]] nations of [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Jordan]], [[Lebanon]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Iraq]], and other Arab militias.  About 6,000 Israelis died in the war, or fully one percent of the population, but the war ended in 1949 with a [[United Nations]]-brokered armistice.  As a result of the war, Israel grew by some 50% over the original Partition of British Palestine.  Some 800,000 Jews were expelled from neighboring Arab states and allowed to settle in Israel.

At the time, Head of [[Muslim Brotherhood]] [[Hassan al-Banna]] declared: "If the Jewish state becomes a fact, and this is realized by the Arab peoples, they will drive the Jews who live in their midst into the sea"<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1948/08/02/archives/aim-to-oust-jews-pledged-by-sheikh-head-of-moslem-brotherhood-says.html Aim To Oust Jews Pledged By Sheikh; Head of Moslem Brotherhood Says U.S., British 'Politics' Has Hurt Palestine Solution. Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES By Dana Adams Schmidt, Aug. 2, 1948, page 4] ''CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 1 -- Sheikh Hassan el-Bana, head of the Moslem Brotherhood, largest of the extremist Arab nationalist organizations, declared in an interview today: "If the Jewish state becomes a fact, and this is realized by the Arab peoples, they will drive the Jews who live in their midst into the sea ...''</ref>

At the time, Head of [[Muslim Brotherhood]] [[Hassan al-Banna]] declared: "If the Jewish state becomes a fact, and this is realized by the Arab peoples, they will drive the Jews who live in their midst into the sea"<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1948/08/02/archives/aim-to-oust-jews-pledged-by-sheikh-head-of-moslem-brotherhood-says.html Aim To Oust Jews Pledged By Sheikh; Head of Moslem Brotherhood Says U.S., British 'Politics' Has Hurt Palestine Solution. Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES By Dana Adams Schmidt, Aug. 2, 1948, page 4] ''CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 1 -- Sheikh Hassan el-Bana, head of the Moslem Brotherhood, largest of the extremist Arab nationalist organizations, declared in an interview today: "If the Jewish state becomes a fact, and this is realized by the Arab peoples, they will drive the Jews who live in their midst into the sea ...''</ref>

 

==Ethnic cleansing - Jerusalem==

'''Ethnic cleansing - Jerusalem'''

[[File:February 22, 1948.JPG|thumb|[https://books.google.com/books?id=D7p9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q&f=false Jews fleeing a bombing in Ben Yehudah Street, Feb 22, 1942]]].

[[File:February 22, 1948.JPG|thumb|[https://books.google.com/books?id=D7p9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142#v=onepage&q&f=false Jews fleeing a bombing in Ben Yehudah Street, Feb 22, 1942]]].

''' Ethnic cleansing: Jews from Arab Muslim lands '''

==Ethnic cleansing: Jews from Arab Muslim lands==

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'''Arab Palestinian exodus - pawns'''

==Arab Palestinian exodus - pawns==

Thousands of  Palestinian Arabs left their homes in 1947-48 for a variety of reasons.<ref>M Bard, "[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/history-and-overview-of-the-palestinian-refugees Overview of Palestinian Refugees]", JVL.</ref> These refugees <ref>M Bard, "[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-palestinian-refugees The Palestinian Refugees: History & Overview]", JVL</ref> have been used by theirs and by Arab leaders as a weapon against Israel and as scapegoats. Efforts by Israel to improve their conditions have been rejected for decades.

Thousands of  Palestinian Arabs left their homes in 1947-48 for a variety of reasons.<ref>M Bard, "[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/history-and-overview-of-the-palestinian-refugees Overview of Palestinian Refugees]", JVL.</ref> These refugees <ref>M Bard, "[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-palestinian-refugees The Palestinian Refugees: History & Overview]", JVL</ref> have been used by theirs and by Arab leaders as a weapon against Israel and as scapegoats. Efforts by Israel to improve their conditions have been rejected for decades.