PALIS ADMIT ARABS CAUSED PALI REFUGEE PROBLEM

PA Daily: Arab Leaders Caused Palestinian Refugee Problem - Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook (Palestinian Media Watch)
A backbone of PA ideology is the myth that Israel expelled hundreds of thousands of Arabs from Israel and created the Palestinian "refugee" situation. However, on Dec. 13, Mahmud al-Habbash wrote in the official PA paper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida that in 1948 the Arabs left their homes willingly under the instruction of their own Arab leaders. He states that the Arabs who left their homes and became refugees did so believing their leaders' deceptive promises. He places the blame and the responsibility on the shoulders of the Arab leaders and does not mention any so-called "Israeli expulsion."