JPS is reproducing these pages as an appendix but intends to publish "The Fall of Haifa" in its entirety at a later date.KhalidiFounderWalidFounderJournal of Palestine StudiesWalid Khalidi, "Why Did The Palestinians Leave, Revisited," Journal of Palestine Studies XXXIV/2 (2005), p. 49....
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