August 3, 1948 Arab Refugees

A Syrian radio broadcast from Damascus declared Arabs of Palestine:

“…WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY LOSSES OF THE ARMIES IN PALESTINE.  THEY RAN AWAY IN FACE OF A THREAT BY A SMALL MINORITY AND SPENT MORE TIME TALKING OVER THEIR FEARS THAN FIGHTING FOR THEIR COUNTRY.”

Source: Public Affairs Institute.  Regional Development for Regional Peace: A New Policy and Program to Counter the Soviet Menace in the Middle East, Washington, DC: Public Affairs Institute, 1957