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When did the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine article stop using the word "refugee"?

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What did Wikipedia remove from the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine article?

The opening as it read in 2010

A few thousands beginning of December to 35,000 on 14 May A few tens of thousands Around 70,000 beginning of December to total withdrawal on 14 May Casualties and losses 1/4 : 895 15/5 : ~ 2000 1/4 : 991 1/4 : 123 Arab-Israeli conflict The 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine lasted from 30 November 1947, the date of the United Nations vote in favour of the termination of the British Mandate of Palestine and the UN Partition Plan , to the termination of the British Mandate itself on 14 May 1948.¹ This period constitutes the first phase of the 1948 Palestine war , during which the Jewish and Arab communities of Palestine clashed, while the British , who supposedly had the obligation to maintain order, organized their withdrawal and intervened only on an occasional basis.² The next phase of the conflict was the 1948 Arab-Israeli War which began on the 15 May 1948, on the termination of the British Mandate of Palestine and the creation of the State of Israel , when the conflict in Palestine became an outright war between the new State of Israel and its Arab neighbours.³

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A few thousands ~70,000 Casualties and losses 1/4 : 895 15/5 : ~ 2,000 1/4 : 991 1/4 : 123 Total withdrawal The 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine was the first phase of the 1948 Palestine war . It broke out after the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution on 29 November 1947 recommending the adoption of the Partition Plan for Palestine . When the British Mandate of Palestine expired on 14 May 1948, and with the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel , the surrounding Arab states, Egypt , Transjordan , Iraq and Syria invaded what had just ceased to be Mandatory Palestine, and immediately attacked Israeli forces and several Jewish settlements. The conflict then turned into the 1948 Arab–Israeli War . During the civil war, the Jewish and Arab communities of Palestine clashed (the latter supported by the Arab Liberation Army ) while the British, who had the obligation to maintain order, organized their withdrawal and intervened only on an occasional basis. A voice that spoke for justice: the life and times of Stephen S. Yearbook of the League of Nations .

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The 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine was the first phase of the 1948 Palestine war . It broke out after the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution on 29 November 1947 recommending the adoption of the Partition Plan for Palestine . During the civil war, the Jewish and Arab communities of Palestine clashed (the latter supported by the Arab Liberation Army ) while the British, who had the obligation to maintain order, organized their withdrawal and intervened only on an occasional basis. When the British Mandate of Palestine expired on 14 May 1948, and with the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel , the surrounding Arab states— Egypt , Transjordan , Iraq and Syria —invaded what had just ceased to be Mandatory Palestine, and immediately attacked Israeli forces and several Jewish settlements. The conflict thus escalated and became the 1948 Arab–Israeli War . A voice that spoke for justice: the life and times of Stephen S. Yearbook of the League of Nations .

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

The 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine was the first phase of the 1947–1949 Palestine war . It broke out after the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution on 29 November 1947 recommending the adoption of the Partition Plan for Palestine . During the civil war, the Jewish and Arab communities of Palestine clashed (the latter supported by the Arab Liberation Army ) while the British, who had the obligation to maintain order, organized their withdrawal and intervened only on an occasional basis. When the British Mandate of Palestine expired on 14 May 1948, and with the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel , the surrounding Arab states— Egypt , Transjordan , Iraq and Syria —invaded what had just ceased to be Mandatory Palestine, and immediately attacked Israeli forces and several Jewish settlements. The conflict thus escalated and became the 1948 Arab–Israeli War . A voice that spoke for justice: the life and times of Stephen S. Yearbook of the League of Nations .

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The opening as it stood in 2025

First phase of the 1947–1949 Palestine war This article is about the initial civil war phase of the 1948 Palestine war. The 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine was the first phase of the 1948 Palestine war . It broke out after the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution on 29 November 1947 recommending the adoption of the Partition Plan for Palestine . During the civil war, the Jewish and Arab communities of Palestine clashed (the latter supported by the Arab Liberation Army ) while the British, who had the obligation to maintain order, organized their withdrawal and intervened only on an occasional basis. At the end of the civil war phase of the war, from April 1948 to mid-May, Zionist forces embarked on an offensive ( Plan Dalet ) that involved conquering cities and territories in Palestine allocated to a future Jewish state, as well as those allocated to the corpus separatum of Jerusalem and a future Arab state according to the 1947 Partition plan for Palestine. This offensive greatly accelerated the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight , which was effected by various violent means , including a number of massacres such as the widely publicized Deir Yassin massacre . When the British Mandate of Palestine ended on 14 May 1948 , and with the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel , the surrounding Arab states— Egypt , Transjordan , Iraq , and Syria —invaded what had just ceased to be Mandatory Palestine, and immediately attacked Israeli forces and several Jewish settlements. The conflict thus escalated and became the 1948 Arab–Israeli War . A voice that spoke for justice: the life and times of Stephen S. Yearbook of the League of Nations . Walid Khalidi ... listed 418 depopulated and destroyed villages. The most comprehensive study and the clearest on its methods for including and eliminating population settlements is the massive All That Remains (W. Khalidi 1992), which estimates the number of villages to be 418.

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