Arab refugee blames false Arab propaganda for causing the refugee ‎exodus in 1948‎

Palestinian refugee Muhammad Khana: "[In 1948, the Arab] propaganda and media had a central role in us leaving. The media and propaganda, the propaganda [claimed] that there is a horrifying [Jewish] force coming."

[Official PA TV, Source of the Story, May 13, 2025]

Muhammad Khana left the abandoned Arab town of Zakariya near Beit Shemesh in the 1948 Israeli War of Independence.