When Israel had been vanquished. the Palestinian Arabs were promised their land back. The majority of the Palestinian Arabs heeded the advice of the leaders and left Israel. Israel won the war. and the refugees were left on the west bank. Documentation supporting these facts is overwhelming and conclusive. The Jordanian newspaper. adDifaa. summing up the events of 1948 said: We were masters of our land. happy with our lot . . . but overnight everything changed. The Arab governments told us. "Get out so that we can get in." So we got out. but they (the Arab governments) did not get in. Two facts are made clear by the history recounted above. First. it is obvious that the Palestinians became refugees because they were prodded and threatened by Arab leaders. Motivated by their threats. the Palestinians left Israel voluntarily. Second. when their initial promise of victory failed. the Arab Nations deliberately built their own fences around the refugee by refusing to let them resettle in the Arab countries. Building on the desperation of these people and educating them in hate. the Arab Nations supplied the refugees with arms. The camps became training grounds for guerrillas bent upon the destruction of Israel. The consequences of such irresponsible action are evident in the weeks tragic events.
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