sentences:  An Arab himself and a former supporter of the Mufti, Archbishop told Baeher... that an important element in precipitating the flight, particularly in the Haifa area (where Monsignor lives) was "the fact that the British informed the Arabs that they would not protect them.Since most of the Arab leaders had already fled, the people were thrown into a panic so they fled by sea to Lebanon.They fled in spite of the fact that the Jewish authorities guaranteed their safety and rights as citizens of Israel."