The classic paneled map of Palestine contains three dimesions of ongoing displacement: spatial, temporal and human. (© BADIL Resource Center) As in 1948, Israeli military forces attacked numerous Palestinian civilian areas that had no military significance.59 The Guardian and The London Times reported that “Israeli aircraft frequently strafed the refugees on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, destroying and burning.”60 The refugee camps of Ein as-Sultan and Aqbat Jabr in Jericho were bombed by the Israeli air force, leading to an exodus of tens of thousands of refugees.61 Palestinians were also driven from their homes by Israeli military forces.62 Others were transferred out of the West Bank on buses and trucks provided by the military.63 In some cases, young Palestinian men were forced to sign 59 For a description of specific incidents, see, e.g., Masalha, Nur, “The 1967 Palestinian Exodus,” in The Palestinian Exodus 1948–67, Karmi, Ghada and Cotran, Eugene (eds.), London: Ithaca Press, 2000, p. 94; Neff, Donald, Warriors for Jerusalem: Six Days that Changed the Middle East, New York: Linden Press/ Simon and Schuster, 1984, p. 228–29; and Dodd, Peter and Barakat, Halim, River without Bridges: A Study of the Exodus of the 1967 Palestinian Arab Refugees, Beirut: Institute for Palestine Studies, 1969, p. 40–42. 60 Masalha, Nur, A Land without a People: Israel, Transfer and the Palestinians. London: Faber & Faber, 1997. 61 “According to UNRWA, the population of Aqbat Jaber refugee camp decreased from 28,008 in June 1967 to 4,991 in September 1967. Likewise, the population of ‘Ein as Sultan refugee camp decreased from 19,042 to 2,310 between June and September 1967.” Under the Pretext of Security: Colonization and Displacement in the Occupied Jordan Valley, Ramallah, Negotiations Affairs Department, Palestinian Monitoring Group, July 2006, p. 3. 62 For descriptions of specific incidents, see, e.g., Masalha, Nur, A Land without a People: Israel, Transfer and the Palestinians. London: Faber & Faber, 1997, p. 81, 85, 87 and 91–94. 63 Dodd, Peter and Barakat, Halim, River without Bridges: A Study of the Exodus of the 1967 Palestinian Arab Refugees, p. 40; and Masalha, Nur, A Land without a People: Israel, Transfer and the Palestinians, p. 92. 22