Fort Collins Coloradoan · 2 May 1948
CP-1948-100
Arab Refugees
Transcribed from the clipping
“ARAB REFUGEES—Fearing for their lives, Arab refugees waited last Sunday along the Haifa, Palestine waterfront for boats to take them across the bay to the all-Arab city of Acre.
Thousands of Arab men, women and children sought refuge in the Haifa dock area as Jewish forces seized the seaport as the first step in their campaign to dominate Palestine after British troops withdraw two weeks from today.” (AP)
Context added by this archive
The photograph of the Haifa dock, two weeks before the mandate ended. The caption says fearing for their lives, says seized, and says the campaign is to dominate Palestine.
Cite this clipping
"Arab Refugees," Fort Collins Coloradoan, 2 May 1948, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1948-100. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1948-100
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