These essays, three of which appear for the first time, examine and elucidate aspects of the Arab exodus from Palestine in 1948, focusing on Israeli decision-making and the causes of the mass exile.

In this authoritative collection of essays Benny Morris examines and elucidates aspects of the Arab exodus from Palestine in 1948, focusing on Israeli decision-making and the causes of the mass exile. New to the paperback: Two chapters, 'The New Historiography: Israel and its Past' and 'The Transfer of Al Majdal's Remaining Arabs to Gaza, 1950' have been expanded and an entirely new chapter, 'Yosef Nahmani and the Arab Question in 1948' has been added for this new paperback edition.

Preface
The new historiography: Israel and its past
Mapai, Mapam and the Arab problem in 1948
The causes and character of the Arab exodus from Palestine: the Israel Defence Forces Intelligence Branch analysis of June 1948
Yosef Weitz and the transfer committees, 1948-9
Haifa's Arabs: displacement and concentration, July 1948
The harvest of 1948 and the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem
The case of Abu Ghosh and Beit Naqquba, Al Fureidis and Khirbet Jisr az Zarka in 1948 - or why four villages stayed
The initial absorption of the Palestinian refugees in the Arab host countries, 1948-9
The transfer of Al Majdal's remaining Arabs to Gaza, 1950