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Affairs Department, authored the policy statement "Our Policy Towards Arabs During the War" in June 1948, emphasising these principles. The party opposed the destruction of Arab villages and cabinet member Aharon Zisling raised related concerns in government meetings. Ben-Gurion criticised Mapam's stance, citing the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek and saying: "They faced a cruel reality ... [and] saw that there was [only] one way and that was to expel the Arab

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