Complex sentence: The term is often used amongst Arabs to describe the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, in which about 700,000 Palestinians fled from villages and cities in the area which eventually became the State of Israel.
Split into simpler sentences: The term is often used amongst Arabs to describe the outcome of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. During the course of the war, about 700,000 Palestinians fled from villages and cities in the area which eventually became the State of Israel.