Original sentence: )  Only the United Kingdom formally recognized the annexation of the West Bank, de facto in the case of East Jerusalem.In 1950, with British approval, and despite Arab League opposition, Jordan extended its jurisdiction over the West Bank.Jordan formally annexed East Jerusalem and the West Bank on April 24, 1950, giving all resident Palestinians automatic Jordanian citizenship, rather than attempting to establish an independent Palestinian state for its West Bank subjects.On 14 May 1948 Israel declared the establishment of the State of Israel based on the UN Partition Plan.The Jordanian Arab Legion under the leadership of Sir John Bagot Glubb, known as Glubb Pasha was given orders to enter Palestine, secure the UN designated Arab area, and then enter the Jerusalem corpus separatum as defined by the UN Partition Plan.The formerly Jordanian-controlled West Bank and East Jerusalem with its one million Palestinian population came under Israeli military occupation
Edited sentence: )  The United Kingdom formally recognized the existence of the Jordanian claim to East Jerusalem.Although the 1949 Armistice Agreements with Israel expressly guaranteed Jewish access to the Wailing Wall, no Jew in fact was permitted to visit the holy site until 1967.In 1950, after and advice to the British House of Commons, and despite Arab League opposition, Jordan extended its jurisdiction over the West Bank.Jordan formally annexed East Jerusalem and the West Bank on April 24, 1950, giving all resident Arab people automatic Jordanian citizenship, rather than attempting to establish an independent Palestinian state for its West Bank subjects.On 14 May 1948 Israel, in accordance with the British Mandate for Palestine, declared the establishment of the State of Israel.The Jewish Cemetary on the Mount of Olives was desecrated, with gravestones used to build latrines for Jordanian army barracks.The Jordanian Arab Legion under the leadership of Sir John Bagot Glubb, known as Glubb Pasha was given orders to enter Israel, secure the UN designated Arab area, and then enter the Jerusalem corpus separatum as defined by the UN Partition Plan.The Jordanian occupiers destroyed all 58 synagogues in the Old City of Jerusalem , including the Hurva, Beis Aharon, Chesed El, and the Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue.The UN Partition Plan called for termination of the British Mandate and made new sweeping recommendations.The formerly Jordanian-controlled West Bank and East Jerusalem with its one million Arab people came under Israeli military occupation