The 'other' refugees

The 'Palestinians' were not the only refugees of the 1948 war. And unlike the 'Palestinians,' these refugees did not leave to make way for advancing armies and did not expect to return to their homes. On November 30, 1947, a day after the United Nations voted to partition Palestine into two states, one for Arabs and one for Jews, Aleppo erupted. Mobs stalked Jewish neighborhoods, looting houses