Expulsion of the Palestinians: The Concept of "transfer" in Zionist Political Thought, 1882-1948In this meticulous work, based almost entirely on Hebrew archival material, Nur Masalha examines the Zionist concept of "transfer," or the expulsion of the Palestinian population to neighboring Arab lands. Masalha establishes the extent to which "transfer" was embraced by the highest levels of Zionist leadership, including virtually all the Founding Fathers of the Israeli state. |
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ONE Zionist Transfer Ideas and Proposals | 5 |
Two The Royal Peel Commission 1937 | 49 |
THREE The Jewish Agency and Transfer in | 93 |
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