The claim that Palestinians left their homes in 1948 under orders from the Arab states has in fact been demonstrated to be false propaganda, notably by Israeli historian Benny Morris (who is most emphatically in no way anti-Zioist) - in his book The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949.

In addition, of course, it is a totally irrelevant assertion - even if they had been encouraged to leave the scene of conflict, in the way refugees in all wars do, this would in no way have removed their right to return home afterwards - a legal right of return, which has persistently been blocked by Israel, and which is today portrayed as being an extreme and totally unacceptable demand.