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Israeli historian (born 1948)
The claim that Arab leaders ordered Palestinian Arabs in 1948 to leave so Arab armies could “kill the Jews” is not supported by the sources provided; available reporting shows multiple, contested caus...
Zionism is a modern Jewish nationalist movement whose central historic aim was to create and sustain a Jewish homeland in Palestine — a goal largely realized with the 1948 creation of the State of Isr...
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...
Scholars and commentators disagree about whether David Ben‑Gurion wrote or intended the sentence “We must expel Arabs and take their place.” Some editions and historians quote that line from his Octob...
International bodies have defined Zionism in shifting, often contradictory ways: early 20th-century international instruments recognized and operationalized Zionist institutions as partners in buildin...
Scholars and primary‑source analysts disagree sharply about whether Arabic radio broadcasts or Arab leaders issued widespread evacuation orders in 1948: Erskine Childers’ review of radio transcripts f...