الأرشيفات في إسرائيل و الرواية التاريخية الإسرائيلية و النكبة : كشف النقاب عن التقرير الذي يدحض الرواية التاريخية الإسرئيلية

Abstract EN

This study explores Israeli archives, spotlighting the policy followed by Israeli governments regarding records of the 1948 war, the Nakba, and the Palestinian cause: to firmly seal access to documents and records which contradict with the Israeli historical narrative, and especially those related to the expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland and the commission and investigation of war crimes committed against them.

It tracks the steps taken by Israeli government institutions whom "New Historians" (and others) confronted with discoveries of Israeli archival evidence gainsaying the established Israeli historical narrative, including the step of tasking one of the country's most secretive and feared security services to conduct a comprehensive examination of archives existing in Israel, and to seal off public access to all documents and files related to the Nakba, the Palestinian cause, and the Arab-Israeli conflict which in an important way contradicts the Israeli historical narrative.

The study presents and analyzes an important Israeli military intelligence document, dated 30 June 1948: "The Emigration of Palestinian Arabs from 12/1/1947-1/6/1948," which was unearthed in 2019 by Akevot - The Institute for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Research.

This document completely contradicts all components of the Israeli historical narrative regarding displacement of Palestinians from Palestine and holds the Jewish military organizations and the Israeli army responsible for the forced migration of Palestinians in this period.