El viaje hacia el exilio libanés de los refugiados palestinos: La Hijra

The present article is focused mainly on the most tragic result that meant the partition of the territory of Palestine and the deliberated ethnic cleansing that was carried out by the Zionist movement: the Arab exodus from Palestine and specifically, the “Trip” (Hijra) that a representative part of those citizens were forced to make towards the Lebanese exile from the summer 1947 until the end of 1949. The three waves, perfectly differentiated, where was being developed this massive exodus and the specific conditions that were being generated, were either related to the people or the city of origin where they came from: basically due to the spreading of terror, strategically handled by the different Zionist militias, as well as the social class which belonged to the refugees.