IMAGO International History, Middle East Conflict, Chronicle, expulsion and flight of the Palestinians 1948-1950

Apr 22, 2024

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Israel Palestine: Palestinian women and children driven from their homes by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: ØßÙ ÙÜÙƒØ¨Ø Ž, an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinian grandfather and granddaughter driven from their homes by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: al-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinian men, women and children driven from their homes by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: al-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinian men, women and children driven from their homes by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: al-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinian Muslim elders searched in a Jerusalem street by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: al-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinian father and daughter driven from their homes by Israeli forces, 1948. Hanini (CC BY 3.0 License) The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: al-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansi Copyright: xHaninix(CCxBYx3.0xLicense)xPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinian women and children driven from their homes by Israeli forces, 1948. Photo mr hanini (CC BY-SA 3.0 License) The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of eth Copyright: xmrxhaninix(CCxBY-SAx3.0xLicense)xPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinians driven from their homes and fleeing via the sea at Acre by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: A refugee camp in the Jordan Valley for Palestinians driven from their homes by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinian women and children driven from their homes by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: A Palestinian mother and child driven from their home by Israeli forces find shelter in a desert ancampment, Gaza, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: ØßÙ ÙÜÙƒØ¨Ø Ž, an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet i Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinian refugees driven from their homes by Israeli forces shelter at Fawwar, near Al-Khalil Hebron, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: ØßÙ ÙÜÙƒØ¨Ø Ž, an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a poli Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinian refugees driven from their homes by Israeli forces ride into exile in the back of a truck, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: ØßÙ ÙÜÙƒØ¨Ø Ž, an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy o Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinian children driven from their homes by Israeli forces huddle beneath a Jersualem road sign, 1948. Photo by George Nemeh (CC BY-SA 3.0 License) The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: ØßÙ ÙÜÙƒØ¨Ø Ž, an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly ex Copyright: xGeorgexNemehx(CCxBY-SAx3.0xLicenxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinians driven from their homes at gunpoint by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: ØßÙ ÙÜÙƒØ¨Ø Ž, an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinian women and children driven from their homes by Israeli forces, 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: ØßÙ ÙÜÙƒØ¨Ø Ž, an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinian refugees driven from Galilee by Israeli forces in October November 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: ØßÙ ÙÜÙƒØ¨Ø Ž, an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Israel Palestine: Palestinian refugees driven from Galilee by Israeli forces in October November 1948 The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: ØßÙ ÙÜÙƒØ¨Ø Ž, an-Nakbah, lit. catastrophe ), occurred when more than 700,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1947 1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine and the 1948 Arab Israeli War. The exact number of refugees is a matter of dispute, but around 80 percent of the Arab inhabitants of what became Israel (50 percent of the Arab total of Mandatory Palestine) left or were expelled from their homes. Later in the war, Palestinians were forcibly expelled as part of Plan Dalet in a policy of ethnic cleansing . Copyright: xxPicturesxFromxHistoryx
Arabs leaving Palestine Arabs leaving Palestine by boat to go to Lebanon April 30, 1948 Palestine, Israel Washington, National archives Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A03063

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Arabs leaving Palestine Arabs leaving Palestine by boat to go to Lebanon April 30, 1948 Palestine, Israel Washington, National archives Copyright: xPhoto12 ArchivesxSnarkx DFS09A03063