 The motion was rejected by 5 votes to 7 after discussions . According to Benny Morris , the arguments that were advanced not to launch the attack were : the negative international repercussions for Israel already accentuated by the recent assassination of Count Bernadotte ; the consequences of an attack on an agreement with Abdallah ; the fact that defeating the Arab Legion could provoke a British military intervention because of Britain and Jordan 's common defense pact and lastly because conquering this area would add hundreds of thousands of Arab citizens to Israel . 
