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The '''1948 Arab-Israeli War''', referred to as the '''War of Independence''' (מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis (- the Jewish returnees to their history homeland), and per humiliating defeat: ''The Catastrophe'' ("al Nakba", ''النكبة'')<ref>[https://www.jns.org/the-nakba-narrative-is-nonsense/ The ‘Nakba’ narrative is nonsense], ''JNS'', May 21, 2023.</ref> by Arabs, where some 700,000 Palestinians left, either 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<ref name=bb-3dec1948/><ref>New Statesman and Nation. (1948). United Kingdom: (n.p.), p. 207. [https://books.google.com/books?id=iFkQAAAAIAAJ&q=%22We%20had%20been%20assured%20that,%20if%20left%20to%20fight%20it%20out,%20the%20Arab%20armies%20would%C2%A0drive%20the%20Jews%20into%20the%20sea%22] [https://books.google.com/books?id=iFkQAAAAIAAJ&q=%22drive%20the%20jews%20into%20the%20sea%22].<blockquote>

The '''1948 Arab-Israeli War''', referred to as the '''War of Independence''' (מלחמת השחרור) by Israelis (- the Jewish returnees to their history homeland), and per humiliating defeat: ''The Catastrophe'' ("al Nakba", ''النكبة'')<ref>[https://www.jns.org/the-nakba-narrative-is-nonsense/ The ‘Nakba’ narrative is nonsense], ''JNS'', May 21, 2023.</ref> by Arabs -- where some 700,000 Palestinians left, either 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<ref name=bb-3dec1948/><ref>New Statesman and Nation. (1948). United Kingdom: (n.p.), p. 207. [https://books.google.com/books?id=iFkQAAAAIAAJ&q=%22We%20had%20been%20assured%20that,%20if%20left%20to%20fight%20it%20out,%20the%20Arab%20armies%20would%C2%A0drive%20the%20Jews%20into%20the%20sea%22] [https://books.google.com/books?id=iFkQAAAAIAAJ&q=%22drive%20the%20jews%20into%20the%20sea%22].<blockquote>

The New Statesman and Nation, September 11, 1948

The New Statesman and Nation, September 11, 1948

... With the military calculations. We had been assured that, if left to fight it out, the Arab armies would drive the Jews into the sea.</blockquote></ref> With [[Jamal Husseini]] telling on Apr 23 "they rather prefer to leave their homes in the town."

... With the military calculations. We had been assured that, if left to fight it out, the Arab armies would drive the Jews into the sea.</blockquote></ref>(till after "victory"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RoVIAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, ‎Apr 8, 2002]. <small>(Letter)</small><blockquote><small>

 

 

Mr. Swope quotes a recent issue of the London Economist as saying that Israel authorities in Haifa had urged all Arabs to remain in Haifa and guaranteed them protection and security . The author of the article in the London Economist said that so far as he knew, most of the British civilian residents whose advice was asked by Arab friends , told the latter that it would be wise to stay. The author of the article quoted by Mr. Swope said that the most potent factor in the Arab exodus was an announcement made over the air by the Arab Higher Executive, urging all Arabs in Haifa to quit, and that the reason for the order was that Arab leadership boasted that upon the final withdrawal of the British, the combined armies of the Arab states would invade Palestine and drive the Jews into the sea , and it was clearly intimated that those Arabs who remained in Haifa and accepted Israel protection, would be regarded as renegades l. As further proof that the Arab exodus was the making of Arab leadership, Mr. Swope notes that Jamal Bey Husseini told the Security Council on April 23, that the Arabs had begun fighting, that they would not submit to a truce, and that "they rather prefer to leave their homes in the town."</small></blockquote></ref> (till after "victory"<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RoVIAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, ‎Apr 8, 2002]. <small>(Letter)</small><blockquote><small>

When Arab nations invaded Israel in 1948, Arab leaders urged "Palestinians" (Israeli Arabs) to leave Israel to get out of the way of invading armies.  

When Arab nations invaded Israel in 1948, Arab leaders urged "Palestinians" (Israeli Arabs) to leave Israel to get out of the way of invading armies.  

Jews have been a part of what is known as Palestine for many centuries.  

Jews have been a part of what is known as Palestine for many centuries.  

The Pittsburgh Dispatch of July 15, 1889 reported: "30,000 out of 40,000 people in Jerusalem are Jews." In the 1939 world's fair in New York, the Palestinian booth was 100 Zionist, as was the Palestine symphony, as was the Palestine Post.

The Pittsburgh Dispatch of July 15, 1889 reported: "30,000 out of 40,000 people in Jerusalem are Jews." In the 1939 world's fair in New York, the Palestinian booth was 100 Zionist, as was the Palestine symphony, as was the Palestine Post.

While the Arabs were helping Hitler, the Palestine Brigade (all Zionists) were fighting with the British against Hitler. The term "Palestine People" was created around 1967 after the Israelis won the war. Most of the so-called Palestinians or their parents or their grandparents came in the wake of prosperity or jobs created by Zionists in years gone by. Most of them came from neighboring countries who speak Arabic and are no differentfrom their Arab neighbors.</small></blockquote></ref>), 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.

While the Arabs were helping Hitler, the Palestine Brigade (all Zionists) were fighting with the British against Hitler. The term "Palestine People" was created around 1967 after the Israelis won the war. Most of the so-called Palestinians or their parents or their grandparents came in the wake of prosperity or jobs created by Zionists in years gone by. Most of them came from neighboring countries who speak Arabic and are no differentfrom their Arab neighbors.</small></blockquote></ref>) with a an Arab leader declaring: "they rather prefer to leave their homes in the town,"<ref name=bb-3dec1948>[https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/bbh/1948/12/03/01/article/5 Arabs' Plight Self-Imposed], ''⁨⁨B'nai B'rith Messenger⁩'', 3 December 1948.

 

 

Mr. Swope quotes a recent issue of the London Economist as saying that Israel authorities in Haifa had urged all Arabs to remain in Haifa and guaranteed them protection and security . The author of the article in the London Economist said that so far as he knew, most of the British civilian residents whose advice was asked by Arab friends , told the latter that it would be wise to stay. The author of the article quoted by Mr. Swope said that the most potent factor in the Arab exodus was an announcement made over the air by the Arab Higher Executive, urging all Arabs in Haifa to quit, and that the reason for the order was that Arab leadership boasted that upon the final withdrawal of the British, the combined armies of the Arab states would invade Palestine and drive the Jews into the sea, and it was clearly intimated that those Arabs who remained in Haifa and accepted Israel protection, would be regarded as renegades. As further proof that the Arab exodus was the making of Arab leadership, Mr. Swope notes that  [[Jamal Husseini|Jamal Bey Husseini] told the Security Council on April 23, that the Arabs had begun fighting, that they would not submit to a truce, and that "they rather prefer to leave their homes in the town."</small></blockquote></ref> -- was the first armed conflict fought by the modern state of [[Israel]], with a total population of approximately 600,000, against the invading 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.

==Arab threats pre 1948 war==

==Arab threats pre 1948 war==