HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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They left the region and gave up their fight for the land.
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They were given a country of their own.
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They became citizens of Israel.
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Many were forced off the land into crowded cities or refugee camps.
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a result of the war, the State of Israel controlled the area that the UN had proposed for the Jewish state, as well as almost 60% of the area proposed for the Arab state, including the Jaffa, Lydda and Ramle area, Upper Galilee, some parts of the Negev and a wide strip along the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem road.
Detailed explanation-2: -On May 14, 1948, David Ben-Gurion, the head of the Jewish Agency, proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel.
Detailed explanation-3: -It contained 499, 000 Jews and 438, 000 Arabs and most of it was in the Negev desert. The Palestinian Arabs were allocated 42% of the land, which had a population of 818, 000 Palestinian Arabs and 10, 000 Jews.
Detailed explanation-4: -Palestinian refugees are citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants, who fled or were expelled from their country over the course of the 1947–49 Palestine war (1948 Palestinian exodus) and the Six-Day War (1967 Palestinian exodus).