Catastrophic thinking: Did Ben-Gurion try to rewrite history?

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4. Agreed

and the Jews that were forced out of Arab nations, the Jewish quarter of Jerusalem, etc should also received monetary compensation and apologies.

While there was no widespread broadcast messages (like the Israeli government likes to claim), in localized areas Arabs were told to leave by Arab commanders on the ground.

Benny Morris has said that about 70% of the Arabs that left were due to battle making their homes unsafe or being forced out by Israeli/Jewish forces. That leaves about 30% who left due to being told to do so by Arab commanders on the ground.

Also to be factored in was that many wealthier Arabs left on their own, Arabs that did not want to be in Jewish majority Israel.
(I would put those in the first 70%).