why 300,000 Palestinian's left Israel

Question 1

one view:

Answer 1

Zionist interpretation: due to the violence and war or expulsion

Question 2

second view:

Answer 2

Palestinian Interpretation: fled the brutality and ethnic cleansing of the Jews

Question 3

Mitchell Bard

Answer 3

the UN “told delegates that the fighting in Haifa had been provoked by the continuous attacks by Arabs against Jews a few days before” - 23 April 1948

Question 4

Plan D

Answer 4

March 1948 - expelling thousands of Palestinian’s

Question 5

Deir Yassin Massacre

Answer 5

9th April 1948

-245 killed

Question 6

actions of the Hagannah and Irgun

Answer 6

part of a “master plan to rid the Jewish state of as many Palestinian’s as possible” - Ilan Pappe

Question 7

effects of massacres

Answer 7

warned the inhabitants of villages of the depopulation happening

Question 8

Israel for the Jews

Answer 8

would explain the Zionists trying to secure a homeland that was predominantly Jewish