1948 Palestinian exodus

The displacement of roughly 700,000 Palestinians through expulsion and flight during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known to Palestinians as the Nakba.

Plan Dalet: A Haganah plan issued in March 1948 for securing territory and settlements amid the approaching end of the British Mandate. Its implementation and interpretation remain central to debates about whether expulsions followed a coordinated policy.
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine: The 1947 UN proposal to divide Mandatory Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states, with an international regime for Jerusalem. Its adoption intensified conflict before the British Mandate ended and the interstate war began.
David Ben-Gurion: A Zionist leader and Israel's first prime minister, who headed the Jewish Agency during the 1948 war. His leadership and wartime decisions figure prominently in scholarship on Israeli policy toward Palestinian communities.
Palestinian refugees: People displaced from Palestine during the 1948 war and their descendants, many of whom remain registered as refugees. The exodus created the refugee population whose status remains unresolved.
1948 Palestinian refugee problem: The enduring political, legal, and humanitarian dispute over Palestinians displaced in 1948 and their descendants. It gathers the unresolved questions of return, compensation, resettlement, and responsibility.
Deir Yassin massacre: The killing of Palestinian villagers by Irgun and Lehi forces at Deir Yassin on April 9, 1948. News of the massacre spread fear among Palestinian communities and contributed to flight.
British Mandate for Palestine: The League of Nations administration of Palestine by Britain from 1920 until 1948. Its termination left competing national claims and institutions unresolved.
Yitzhak Rabin: An Israeli military officer who served as operations officer during the 1948 war and later became prime minister. Rabin's memoir account of the Lydda expulsions became a contested source on wartime decisions.
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: A UN agency established in 1949 to provide services to Palestine refugees in the Middle East. UNRWA's mandate arose from the continuing needs of people displaced in 1948 and their descendants.
New Historians: A group of Israeli historians who used newly accessible archives to reassess the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Their archival work challenged established Israeli accounts of how Palestinians became refugees.

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