My proposed changes:
the rest having fled prior to and during the war.
To:
the rest fled or was forced to leave by the Israeli forces prior to and during the war.
The fact that a large minority of the Palestinian refugees was forced out should be mentioned. Since many didn't flee.
A large part of the Palestinian refugees was actually forced over the borders at gunpoint:
"Israeli historian Benny Morris has identified 34 Arab communities whose inhabitants were ousted."
[2]. That number comes from the book The Birth of the Palestine Refugee Problem. Then later in the book The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948 p.49, Benny Morris writes:
"The departure of Arab communities from some sites, departures that were described in The Birth as due to fear or IDF military attack or were simply unexplained, now appear to have been tinged if not characterized by Haganah or IDF expulsion orders and actions (for example, Ein Hod neir Haifa and Isdud, today's Ashdod, near Ashkelon). This means that the proportion of the 700,000 Arabs who took to the roads as a result of expulsions rather than as a result of straightforward military attack or fear of attacks, etc. is greater than indicated in The Birth."
It is therefore clear that direct expulsions accounted for a significant amount of the Palestinian refugee flight in 1948. Palestine-info 08:32, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
My proposed changes:
When Israel refused their reentryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist
My watchlist
To:
When Israel refused their return
Tourists reenter, inhabitants return.
My proposed changes:
see Palestinian Exodus for a discussion of the circumstances.
To:
see Palestinian Exodus for a discussion of the circumstances. Today they descendants live in refugee camps surrounding Israel and still pledge for their return.
Mentioning were the refugees went is important. In NO place, in this consensus article, is it mentioned that two groups both claim Israel/Palestine as their home. That is an important fact to mention.
My proposed addition:
In 1956, in a joint operation Britain, France and Israel attacked Egypt because the latter had nationalized the Suez Canal. Egypt swiftly lost the war and was forced to open the canal to Israeli shipping and was forbidden from keeping troops in the Sinai.
Since Israel's pretext for declaring war with Egypt, was that Egypt canceled the "rights" Israel had won with violence in 1956, I think mentioning that war is important.
My proposed changes:
the rest having fled prior to and during the war.
To:
the rest fled or was forced to leave by the Israeli forces prior to and during the war.
The fact that a large minority of the Palestinian refugees was forced out should be mentioned. Since many didn't flee.
A large part of the Palestinian refugees was actually forced over the borders at gunpoint:
"Israeli historian Benny Morris has identified 34 Arab communities whose inhabitants were ousted."
[2]. That number comes from the book The Birth of the Palestine Refugee Problem. Then later in the book The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948 p.49, Benny Morris writes:
"The departure of Arab communities from some sites, departures that were described in The Birth as due to fear or IDF military attack or were simply unexplained, now appear to have been tinged if not characterized by Haganah or IDF expulsion orders and actions (for example, Ein Hod neir Haifa and Isdud, today's Ashdod, near Ashkelon). This means that the proportion of the 700,000 Arabs who took to the roads as a result of expulsions rather than as a result of straightforward military attack or fear of attacks, etc. is greater than indicated in The Birth."
It is therefore clear that direct expulsions accounted for a significant amount of the Palestinian refugee flight in 1948. Palestine-info 08:32, 22 Oct 2004 (UTC)
My proposed changes:
When Israel refused their reentryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist
My watchlist
To:
When Israel refused their return
Tourists reenter, inhabitants return.
My proposed changes:
see Palestinian Exodus for a discussion of the circumstances.
To:
see Palestinian Exodus for a discussion of the circumstances. Today they descendants live in refugee camps surrounding Israel and still pledge for their return.
Mentioning were the refugees went is important. In NO place, in this consensus article, is it mentioned that two groups both claim Israel/Palestine as their home. That is an important fact to mention.
My proposed addition:
In 1956, in a joint operation Britain, France and Israel attacked Egypt because the latter had nationalized the Suez Canal. Egypt swiftly lost the war and was forced to open the canal to Israeli shipping and was forbidden from keeping troops in the Sinai.
Since Israel's pretext for declaring war with Egypt, was that Egypt canceled the "rights" Israel had won with violence in 1956, I think mentioning that war is important.