According to International Affairs "more than 1 million Palestine Arabs were driven Into neighboring countries" during the course of tlis war. The flight of these Arabs Is subsequently described as "the mass expulsion of the Arab population. * * *" What are the facts? In the first place. the figure of 1 million refugees is pure invention. It is not supported by any authoritative study including the reports of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) which Is responsible for the caring of these refugees today. Indeed. as early as October 1950. UNRWA admitted in its interim report that it was impossible to obtain the exact number of genuine refugees because of the violent opposition "on the part of the undeserving recipient and his friends and supporters." The most exhaustive study of the actual refugees numbers was undertaken by the noted United Kingdom statistician. Dr. Walter Pinner.
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