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Were the Palestinians Expelled?

- Abstract

The historical record has something definitive to say about the next big item on the anti-Israel agenda: a “right of return” for the Arab refugees in 1948.



About the Author

Efraim Karsh is head of Mediterranean Studies at King’s College, University of London, and the author most recently of Islamic Imperialism: A History (Yale). Mr. Karsh gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Roger and Susan Hertog in supporting the research on which the present article is based.