- Reaction score
- 15,053
- Location
- California
"In 1948, more than 700,000 – about half of prewar 's Arab population – fled from their homes or were expelled by militias during the . The exodus was a central component of the fracturing, dispossession, and displacement of Palestinian society, known as the . Between were destroyed. Village wells were poisoned in a programme and properties were looted to prevent Palestinian refugees from returning."
