Summary
Professor at Haifa University who advised the Sharon government and whose expectation that separation would drive Palestinians to emigrate Makdisi presents as “voluntary transfer” stated openly (Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, PDF p.48).
Details
- Sofer “estimates that 400,000 Palestinians left the West Bank between 1948 and 1967” — an estimate, kept attributed (PDF p.48).
- On separation: “If a Palestinian cannot come into Tel Aviv for work, he will look in Iraq, or Kuwait, or London. I believe that there will be movement out of the area” (quoted PDF p.48).
Related pages
Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, Transfer, Demographic problem, Arik Sharon