The purpose of this study is to investigate what happened in the Galilee District ‎ during the war of 1948 and why the majority of the Palestinian Arabs left their homes. ‎ The study is based on 111 interviews with Palestinian refugees conducted in Lebanon ‎ and Syria, as well as on extensive historical research. It provides irrefutable evidence ‎ that the foundation of the state of Israel was accompanied by the wholesale expulsion ‎ of the Palestinian Arab majority of the population from their homes and property.‎