Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - Ko nga ope Hurai me nga Bedouins o te rohe i whawhai tuatahi i te 1947-1948 pakanga a-iwi i te Mandatory Palestine
I te Hui-tanguru me te Poutu-te-rangi 1948, he wāhanga o Operation Gideon, e tautohe ana a Walid Khalidi he wāhanga o tētahi Mahere Dalet whānui ake. I tuhia e Joseph Weitz, he rangatira o Yishuv, i roto i tana pukapuka i te Mei 4, 1948 e kii ana, "Ko te raorao o Beit Shean te tomokanga mo to tatou kawanatanga i Kariri... [I] ko te horoi i te hiahia o te haora. "