Original sentence: (It should be noted, this process continued in later decades in some countries.A fraction of these people were expelled, although not under the explicit direction of the nascent Israeli government.Approximately 700,000 Arabs fled their homes in the Jewish area, rather than face the perceived risks involved during and after being placed under a Jewish state--despite the fact that Israel had publicly declared that any Arab minority would have equal legal status with any Jewish population.Arab refugees settling in the West Bank were deliberately prevented from making permanent residences in the West Bank by the Jordanian government, which had seized control of the area after the war.In 1949, in separate ceasefire agreements signed with Jordan , Syria and Egypt , Israel expanded its portion of the former British Mandate by more than 50%, at the expense of the Arab areas and/or those invaded by these outside powers.It is not generally agreed, though it may yet turn out to be the case, that the Jordanian government deliberately sought to create a refugee crisis in hopes of undermining the future State of Israel
Edited sentence: A small fraction of these people were expelled, although not under the authority of the nascent Israeli government.Approximately 700,000 Arabs fled their homes in the Jewish area, rather than live under a Jewish state--despite the fact that Israel had publically declared that any Arab minority would have equal legal status with any Jewish population.Arab refugees settling in the West Bank were delibrately prevented from making permanent residences in the West Bank by the Jordanian government, which had seized control of the area after the war.In 1949, in separate ceasefire agreements signed with Jordan , Syria and Egypt , Israel expanded its portion of the former British Mandate by more 50%, at the expense of the invading Arab areas.It is generally agreed that the Jordanian government sought to delibrately create a refugee crisis, in hopes of undermining the future State of Israel