The birth of the palestinian refugee problem revisited

Background: a brief history; The idea of transfer in Zionist thinking before 1948; The first wave: The Arab exodus, december 1947-march 1948; The second wave: the mass exodus, april-june 1948; Deciding against a return of the refugees, april-december 1948; Blocking a return; The third wave: The Ten days (9-18 july) and the second truce (18 july-15 october); The fourth wave: the battles and exodus of October-November 1948; Clearing the borders: expulsion and population transfers, November 1948-50; Solving the refugee problem: december 1948-september 1949.