That happens to be a quote from Benny Morris, Israeli historian and Zionist. The 600,000 to 700,000 Palestinians isn’t my estimate; it’s from Israeli Defense Forces archives. In April-May, 1948, units of Haganah were given operational orders to “uproot villagers, expel them and destroy the villages themselves.”
Here’s a quote from Ben-Gurion himself:
“We must expel the Arabs and take their places.”
What Arabs do you think they meant? Perhaps the ones living in Palestine at the time?
Again, I wasn’t there and neither were you. Let’s not rewrite history and ignore actual accounts from Israelis themselves who were there.
Would that they would. Absolutely.