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The Jews attacked Palestinian towns and began evicting Christians and Muslims long before the Arab League was able to mobilize a force to prevent the massacre and eviction of the Christians and Muslims. It was the intent of the Jews to expel every Christian and Muslim. They would have been successful in doing so had the Arab League not intervened. As such 10%-15% of the Christians and Muslims were saved from massacre and/or eviction thanks to the Arab Leagues's intervention.
"Yosef Weitz, who was at the time director of the Jewish National Fund’s Lands Department. This man of noted Zionist convictions confided to his diary on 20 December 1940: “It must be clear that there is no room in the country for both people (...) the only solution is a Land of Israel, at least a western Land of Israel without Arabs. There is no room here for compromise. (...) There is no way but to transfer the Arabs from here to the neighbouring countries(...) Not one village must be left, not one (bedouin) tribe.”
The expulsion of the Palestinians re-examined - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
"Yosef Weitz, who was at the time director of the Jewish National Fund’s Lands Department. This man of noted Zionist convictions confided to his diary on 20 December 1940: “It must be clear that there is no room in the country for both people (...) the only solution is a Land of Israel, at least a western Land of Israel without Arabs. There is no room here for compromise. (...) There is no way but to transfer the Arabs from here to the neighbouring countries(...) Not one village must be left, not one (bedouin) tribe.”
The expulsion of the Palestinians re-examined - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition