Israeli independence expanded partition-territory by a third and evicted 750,000 Arabs.

Evidence

In Israel’s triumphant War of Independence (what Palestinians characterize as “Al-Naqba” or “the catastrophe,” a root meaning curiously more or less synonymous with “Shoah”), Israeli gains expanded the territory ceded it by the original UN Partition Resolution by almost one third. It widened its cartographic waistline, evicting 750,000 of the 850,000 or so Arabs living within enlarged Israel in order to ensure a Jewish majority. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 571 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Israel’s founding entailed mass expulsion of Arabs to secure a Jewish majority. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 571; Israel’s 1948 war expanded its territory by a third and evicted 750,000 Arabs — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 571

Broader Connections

• Israel’s 1948 war expanded its territory by a third and evicted 750,000 Arabs #corroborates (1.00) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 571