Palestinian arab leader Hazem Nusseibeh admits false reports of rape at Deir Yassin

 

Nabka Facts: In this 1998 PBS documentary, "The 50 Years War Israel And The Arabs," Hazem Nusseibeh and Abu Mahmoud ( a resident of Deir Yassin) admitted that there was no rape at Deir Yassin. Nusseibeh, who met with the Palestinian Arab leaders after the attack on the village, also admitted that the Arab leaders decided to make the most of the attack on the village and decided to lie about rape in the village, in the hopes that the Arab armies would invade. Nusseibeh said the press release backfired, causing Arabs to flee in terror from all their villages after they had heard the false reports of rape. Later in the 2008 BBC documentary, "The Birth of Israel," Nusseibeh said it was the Israeli massacres which caused Arabs to flee their homes.