“Palestinians left in 1948 voluntarily because Arab leaders told them to.” — claim check

Israeli historians working from Israel’s own declassified archives — Morris, Pappé, Shlaim among them — documented expulsions, massacres such as Deir Yassin, Plan Dalet operations, and the depopulation of over 400 villages; the “broadcast orders to flee” story was investigated decades ago and found

Asha News sections

• Palestine live desk — verified updates as they land — Verified Palestine updates in reverse chronological order, grouped into evolving story clusters with validation states and evidence links.
• Victims memorial — the people, by name — A searchable memorial of the documented dead — the full published Killed in Gaza dataset with source attribution and Arabic/English search.
• Journalists & media workers — on the record — Directory of Palestinian journalists and media workers — killed, detained, injured, missing, and active — with source-attributed, time-bounded statuses.
• Palestine — news, memory, and proof — Evidence-first coverage of Palestine: verified updates, incidents, timelines, victims and fact checks — with citations preserved.
• Middle East Conflict Monitor — Live Map, Sirens & Verified Events — Real-time siren alerts and OSINT-verified strike and intercept events on a live map, with story clusters and an AI brief.
• Finance Terminal — Live Markets, Watchlist & Signals — Live markets monitor: watchlist quotes, sector heatmap, movers, market signals and the news moving each instrument.
• Monitor — live conflict & markets desks — Asha News live desks: the Middle East conflict monitor and the finance terminal, on shared real-time infrastructure.
• Live Feed — evidence-first news wire — The Asha News live wire: verified stories across sources with bias context, updated around the clock.
• Verified Posts — social claims checked in context — Verified social posts and public claims with the source link, evidentiary context, and correction trail kept attached.
• Ask Asha — check a claim, article, or social post — Check a claim, headline, article, social-post link, or screenshot and inspect a cited answer with the evidence path preserved.
• Today’s Digest — the day in verified stories — Story clusters that matter today, grouped across sources with citations preserved.
• Blindspot — stories one side under-covers — Stories disproportionately covered by one side of the media, surfaced with source spread and evidence.
• Asha Articles — cited original reporting — Original Asha News briefs and explainers, every claim carrying its citations.
• Markets — quotes, movers and market news — Market quotes, movers and the news moving them, on the Asha News finance desk.
• The Asha Brief — daily evidence-first newsletter — One daily email: the day’s verified stories with sources attached. No noise, unsubscribe any time.
• Subscriptions — free to read, paid to dig deeper — What Asha News costs and what a subscription pays for: unlimited Ask Asha analysis and citation-backed fact-check reports. The newsroom itself stays free.
• Asha News AI Agent — AI author profile — The AI system behind every machine-drafted Asha byline: what it does, and the human review every draft passes before publication.
• About Asha News — What Asha News is, how the evidence-first newsroom works, and why citations are preserved on every claim.
• Methods — how Asha News verifies — The verification methodology: sourcing, bias context, translation policy and correction records.
• Source Directory — who we read and why — Every source Asha News ingests, with transparency on posture, reliability and coverage.
• Asha News feed formats — web, RSS, and public JSON — How to read the Asha News wire through the website, RSS, and public machine-readable endpoints while preserving source context.
• Asha News team — editorial accountability and contact — Meet the people and systems behind Asha News, with public editorial accountability and contact paths.
• Asha News editorial design system — case study — A production case study of the Asha News editorial system: evidence-first design decisions, shipped fixes, results, and next steps.
• Asha News wiki — product, data, and agent documentation — Public operational documentation for Asha News readers, developers, editors, and AI agents.
• Asha News features — evidence-first news and live desks — Explore the Asha News live feed, story context, Ask Asha, conflict and finance monitors, Palestine archive, and agent interfaces.
• Contact Asha News — Contact Asha News about editorial questions, corrections, partnerships, product support, or public feedback.
• Careers and contributors — Asha News — Current opportunities and ways to contribute to Asha News editorial, product, research, and source-verification work.
• Asha News RSS — follow the evidence-first feed — Subscribe to the Asha News RSS feed and understand the item fields, timestamps, source links, and available reader formats.
• Asha News — where claims meet receipts — Evidence-first news with citations preserved: live feed, conflict and finance monitors, and the Palestine desk.

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