1948 War
During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, a number of Greek Orthodox villages were affected, including:
- Bassa
- Ramla
- Lydda
- Safed
- Kafr Bir'im
- Iqrit
- Tarbikha
- Eilabun
In addition around 20,000 fled Haifa, 20,000 fled West Jerusalem, 700 fled Acre and 10,000 fled Jaffa. However prominent members remained such as Tawfik Toubi, Emile Toma and Emile Habibi and they went on to be leaders of the Communist party in Israel.
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