Palestinian refugee: We were told in 1948 to “leave and go to Jordan. It's just for a few weeks… and you will return”

Official PA TV program Palestine This Morning, on the Arab village Khirbet Al-Amour west of Jerusalem that was defeated and destroyed in the 1948 Israeli War of Independence

Palestinian refugee Ali Alyan: “My name is Ali Hussein Ali Alyan from the village Khirbet Al-Amour … This is all painful. These people defended themselves in 1948... In the end they were told [by Arab leaders]: “Leave and go to Jordan. It's just for a few weeks and you’ll return.”

[Official PA TV, Palestine This Morning, Oct. 2, 2022]