And remember that the Arab 'refugees' were not expelled by the Israelis, but told to get out of the way for the time being in 1948 to give the invading Muslim-nation forces who invaded with the purpose of destroying the new state which the United Nations had authorised; but as they failed the departed Palestinians had nowhere to come back to, which was the fault of the Egyptians, Lebanese, Syrians et al, not of the Israelis.

~M~

[cross-ref to my simultaneous post on the 'Israeli Leaders Arseholes' thread]