In October 1948, the Economist published the following eye-witness account regarding the situation in the state of Israel concerning the issue of the Arab population:
"During the subsequent days, the Jewish authorities...urged all Arabs to remain in Haifa and guaranteed their protection and security...Various factors influenced their decision to seek safety in flight...far the most potent of these factors was the announcement made over the air by the Arab Higher Committee urging all Arabs in Haifa to quit. The reason given was that upon the final withdrawal of the British, the combined armies of the Arab States would invade Palestine and drive the Jews into the sea. It was clearly intimated that those Arabs who remained in Haifa and accepted Jewish protection would be regarded as renegades".
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