Mouin Rabbani does a good job calling forth the key evidence showing that the enduring Israeli propaganda about the Palestinian Nakba is untrue.
https://x.com/MouinRabbani/status/2055846805787517213
First it was debunked by Erskine Barton Childers, who examined radio archives maintained by intelligence services which showed no radio broadcasts from Arab States ordering Palestinians to evacuate. It would have been completely illogical for them to do so. (The next link requires a one pound minimum subscription to read.)
https://archive.spectator.co.uk/article/12th-may-1961/9/the-other-exodus
Israeli historian Benny Morris debunked similar claims regarding the 1967 war, showing that there was no preceding attack by Arab states.
In 1948, there was an attack by Arab states, but only months after Palestinian refugees had already begun accumulating in their countries. This was certainly not an attempt to "genocide Jews," nor was it a unified attempt to dismantle Israel, which some countries had already established agreements with. They each had different agendas, but they all wanted Palestinians to be returned to Palestine.
The X thread above also includes Israelis attempting to refute these and other points, wherein you can see some lively debate.
Norman Finkelstein also debunks the Israeli propaganda, referencing Childers and Morris, in his marvelous book Beyond Chutzpah.
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