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Which event led to the evacuation of the Palestinian Arab population of Tiberias in 1947-1948?

  • Civil war in Mandatory Palestine

  • World War II

  • Six-Day War

  • Yom Kippur War

Answer

During the 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, fighting broke out between the Jewish residents of Tiberias and its Palestinian Arab minority. As the Haganah took over, British troops evacuated the entire Palestinian Arab population, who were unable to return after the war.
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