The Standard · 7 May 1948
CP-1948-102
Arab Refugees from Haifa Pitch Tents to Provide Sanctuary
Transcribed from the clipping
“Some of the 700 Arab refugees from Haifa who arrived at Port Said, Egypt, are shown pitching tents given them by Egyptian authorities to provide temporary shelter accommodations are found. The group fled Haifa after Jewish forces overran the big Palestine port city following the withdrawal of British forces.”
Context added by this archive
Seven hundred people from Haifa putting up tents in Egypt, photographed and captioned three weeks after the city fell and eight days before the mandate ended. The verb in the caption is fled and the verb in the clause after it is overran.
Cite this clipping
"Arab Refugees from Haifa Pitch Tents to Provide Sanctuary," The Standard, 7 May 1948, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1948-102. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1948-102
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Last updated 2 November 2026
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