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Arab Higher Committee

Political organ of Palestinian Arabs in Mandate Palestine

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Jan 17, 2026
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Did Arab leaders instruct Palestinian Arabs to leave their homes in 1948 and promise they could return after Jewish forces were defeated?

The evidence shows that some Arab authorities and local leaders did urge or order segments of the Palestinian population—notably women, children and the elderly—to leave certain areas in 1948, and man...

Jan 14, 2026
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Is it true that in 1947 after the U.N. divided arab and jewish in 2 states, the first attack was from the arabs?

The immediate aftermath of the UN General Assembly’s adoption of Resolution 181 (the Partition Plan) on 29 November 1947 saw a rapid descent into communal violence in Mandatory Palestine—violence that...