The London Economist reported, in an eyewitness account of the flight of Haifa’s Arabs: “THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THAT THE MOST POTENT OF THE FACTORS [IN THE FLIGHT] WERE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE OVER THE AIR BY THE ARAB HIGHER EXECUTIVE URGING ALL ARABS WHO REMAINED IN HAIFA AND ACCEPT JEWISH PROTECTION WOULD BE REGARDED AS RENEGADES.” Source: Eretzyisroel.org.  “A Collection of Historical Quotations Relating to the Arab Refugee.” Joseph E. Katz. Http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~jkatz/quotes.html