<Dd> "(a) The right to set up a Government in Palestine pertains to its inhabitants under the principles of self - determination recognized by the Covenant of the League of Nations as well as the United Nations Charter". </Dd> <P> While Arab commanders ordered villagers to evacuate for military purposes in isolated areas, there is no evidence that the Arab leadership made a blanket call for evacuation and in fact most urged Palestinians to stay in their homes . Assaults by the Haganah on major Arab population centers like Jaffa and Haifa as well as expulsions carried out by groups like the Irgun and Lehi such as at Deir Yassin and Lydda led to the exodus of large portions of the Arab masses . Factors such as the earlier flight by the Palestinian elite and the psychological effects of Jewish atrocities (stories which both sides propagated) also played important roles in the Palestinian flight . </P> <P> The war resulted in an Israeli victory, with Israel annexing territory beyond the partition borders for a proposed Jewish state and into the borders for a proposed Palestinian Arab state . Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt signed the 1949 Armistice Agreements with Israel . The remaining territories, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, were occupied by Egypt and Transjordan, respectively . Jordan also annexed East Jerusalem while Israel administered West Jerusalem . In 1950, the West Bank was unilaterally incorporated into Jordan . </P> <P> Between 700,000 and 750,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from the area that became Israel and became what is known today as the Palestinian refugees . The Palestinian refugees were not allowed to return to Israel and most of the neighboring Arab states, with the exception of Transjordan, denied granting them--or their descendants--citizenship . In 1949, Israel offered to allow some members of families that had been separated during the war to return, to release refugee accounts frozen in Israeli banks, and to repatriate 100,000 refugees . The Arab states rejected this compromise, at least in part because they were unwilling to take any action that might be construed as recognition of Israel . As of today, most of them still live in refugee camps and the question of how their situation should be resolved remains one of the main issues of the Israeli--Palestinian conflict . </P>

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