english: Indeed, during the 1948 Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine , as described by Israeli Historian Ilan Pappe, hundreds of Palestinian villages were destroyed and tens of thousands of Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes by the Jewish paramilitary organizations Haganah and Irgun in order to establish the State of Israel.
non_english: Durante la pulizia etnica della Palestina nel 1948 come scrive lo storico israeliano Ilan Pappe, i gruppi paramilitari ebraici Haganah and Irgun distrussero centinaia di villaggi palestinesi ed espulsero decine di migliaia di persone, al fine di instaurare lo Stato di Israele.