Title: Under the cover of war : the Zionist expulsion of the Palestinians /
Authors: Esber, Rosemarie M.
Publisher: Arabicus Books & Media,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Palestinian Arabs Politics and government; Palestinian Arabs History; Jewish-Arab relations; Jews Palestine History; Jews Palestine Politics and government; Refugees, Palestinian Arab History; Zionism Palestine History; Palestine History; Palestine Politics and government; Great Britain Politics and government
Abstract: "Under the Cover of War presents a critical examination of the last six months of the British Palestine mandate, November 1947 to mid-May 1948. Unpublished military and diplomatic sources and new, original refugee interviews support the Palestinians account of their Nakba (catastrophe)"--Provided by publisher.
Contents: The creation of Palestinian refugees: a historical perspective -- Mandate Palestine: prelude to war and displacement -- Zionist militarism and Arab population "transfer" -- Creating a vacuum: the British withdrawal -- From provocation and reprisal to open warfare -- The collapse of the Palestinian Arab community -- The de-Arabization of Haifa -- "Cleansing" Jaffa and the Coastal Plain - The shattering of Arab Palestine -- A pattern and practice of iIntimidation and violence.