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What event led to the flight of all Palestinian Arabs from Safed in 1948?

  • Capture by Jewish paramilitary forces

  • British withdrawal

  • Arab-Israeli War

  • UN Partition Plan

Answer

In 1948, during the Arab-Israeli War, Jewish paramilitary forces captured Safed after heavy fighting. This event led to the flight of all Palestinian Arabs from the city, resulting in an almost exclusively Jewish population today.
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