Ben Gurion did exactly the same pre 1948. Evacuated villages telling the occupants “just for two weeks” Those that didn’t go were left for the Haganagh to “do what they want” but clear the village. Those who returned found their village destroyed. To either reply “it was an accident” or blame your neighbours they resisted and we had to “defend ourselves”
Abu Siraj Al-Bal’awi: “After 20 days, we were able to return home, praying to God that nothing had happened. We returned and found nothing. We don’t even know what to get. What should we try to get a hold of? Nothing. The Israelis displaced us, humiliated us. They starved us and caused a Nakba. We do not know where to go. Where should people go? Nowhere. The north is finished. That is what we returned to. I don’t know what to retrieve. Look. If we get the bedding, we find that it is torn. Whatever we get, it is torn. Where should we go? Here, this is my home. I can’t even find it, I swear. It’s all crushed into pieces. What should we do? God is my suffice and my best disposer.”
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