Arab Exodus Research Paper

There is a lack of evidence to prove that Israel had been pre-planning Arab expulsion during the first stage of the exodus. Therefore, it can be said that the civil war that was launched by the Arabs and expanded by both communities hit mainly the Arabs ruthlessly as the Jews were winning, which increased fear among the Arabs of being destroyed at the hands of Jews. As a result, those who could (middle and upper classes), left the country to save their lives, this is stated by Morris as the first stage of the Exodus (December 1947-March 1948). The second stage of the exodus (April-June 1948) was the most intense and saw the maximum number (200,000 - 300,000) of Arabs fleeing. The third stage (8-18 July) saw the expulsion of refugees through a plan. In the fourth stage of exodus (October-November 1948) the evacuation of Arabs from the Galilee pocket had been …show more content…
Only if the Arabs hadn’t declared the war on Israel right after its formation, the Israelis’s wouldn’t have taken measures to cause their exodus. The pre-war thinking of transfer does not justify that the Jews had been thinking of implementing transfer policies. In fact, only thinking was taking place and steps had not been taken to facilitate its implementation. Therefore, thinking of the likelihood of transfer between 1930 and 1940 had prepared the Jews to use it as a self-defending mechanism in case the war broke out, which is what happened. The breaking out of war hurt the Jews and they used all that was within their power to cause the exodus. There were several incidents of heinous crimes like rape and massacre that both the sides and, in particular, the Jews committed to cause the exodus, such crimes cannot be justified. After a particular time the Jews gave up the hope that both sides could peacefully co-exist and hence started thinking of ways to eliminate the Arab population to form a land with their own