To no avail. "Only about four thousand Haifa Arabs risked being branded as traitors and shot upon the promised return of Arab forces to Haifa. Over seventy thousand Arabs were blinded by false promises or terrorized by armed nationalist agents intoleaving every- thing they owned and going on foot to the harbor. where fishing boats and British ships took them to the Lebanon." "One final attempt to stem the wild exodus was made by our patrol commanders and officers in charge of the roadblocks. Each head of refugee family was read our proclamation and asked whether he was leaving Haifa of his own free will. or whether he was being Intimidated by nationalist agents and fear of future reprisals. Leaflets were widely distributed by our patrols. but few if any Arabs turned back. Most of them were frightened to death by nationalist propaganda which said that we raped all Arab women. forcibly converted all Arab children to Judaism. multilated young men and enslaved the rest.
Identified stereotypes
Arabs are easily terrorized and blinded by false promises.