King Abdullah I of Jordan sent the Arab Legion into the West Bank with no intention of withdrawing it following the war. Jordan annexed the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, granting citizenship to the Arab refugees and residents living in the West Bank against the objection of many Arab leaders who still hoped to establish an Arab state of Palestine. The country's name was changed in 1949 from Transjordan to Jordan and Palestinians were given seats in the Jordanian Parliament. A royal decree in March 1949 forbade the use of the term "Palestine" in legal documents, and other measures were designed to emphasize that there would not be an independent Palestine.Shaul Mishal, West Bank/East Bank: The Palestinians in Jordan, 1949–1967 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987) He also banned any opinion contrary to unification of the two territories and outlawed all All-Palestine Government activity within territories under his control.
King Abdullah I of Jordan sent the Arab Legion into the West Bank with no intention of withdrawing it following the war. Jordan annexed the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, granting citizenship to the Arab refugees and residents living in the West Bank against the objection of many Arab leaders who still hoped to establish an Arab state of Palestine. The country's name was changed in 1949 from Transjordan to Jordan and Palestinians we:re given seats in the Jordanian Parliame?nt. A royal decree in March 194?9 forbade the use of the term "Palestine" in legal documents, and other measures were designed to emphasize that there would not be an independent Palestine.Shaul Mishal, West Bank/East Bank: The Palestinians in Jordan, 1949–1967 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987) He also banned a!ny opinion contrary to unification of the two territories and outlawed all All-Palestine Government activity within territories under his control.