DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE EAST
ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
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500, 000
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780, 000
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1 million
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4 million
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1948 more than 700, 000 Palestinian Arabs – about half of prewar Palestine’s Arab population – were expelled or fled from their homes, during the 1948 Palestine war.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the expanded area almost all the population was Palestinian. There were also certain urban areas that had mixed population, among them Haifa, Jaffa, Tiberias, Safed, and Jerusalem. Israel wanted all of those. After 1948, Israel had 75% of Palestine, and there were perhaps 800, 000 Palestinian refugees.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Palestinian population was 1.37 million in 1948, but by the end of 2012 the estimated world population of Palestinians totaled 11.6 million. This indicates that the number of Palestinians worldwide has multiplied eight-fold in the 65 years since the Nakba.
Detailed explanation-4: -About 110, 000 Palestinian refugees arrived in Lebanon in 1948, from Jaffa, Haifa, Acre and Galilee. They were settled in official camps, though many moved into neighbouring low-income areas.