United Nations. Jerusalem with its holy places was besieged and indiscriminately shelled. The Jewish quarter of the Old City was razed and its entire population expelled. The Jewish villages in the Etzion area south of Jerusalem were overrun and completely destroyed. The village of Beit Haarava, which had gained renown for its soil desalination and successful cultivation on the arid shores of the Dead Sea, was captured and devastated. The same fate befell Atorot and Beit Yacov to the north of Jerusalem. All inhabitants were driven out of these Jewish localities. 147. At the end of the fighting Jordan remained in control of part of Jerusalem and of the West Bank. Unilaterally it annexed the occupied territories. Now it sits as a Member of the United Nations. In the entire world only two States recognized that annexation. Nineteen years later, during which period Jordan served as a base for almost continuous terrorist murder attacks against Israel, the Government of Israel appealed again to Jordan not to join in aggression against it. On the morning of 5 June the Government of Israel transmitted to the Jordanian Government a message through the United Nations Chief of Staff, General Bull, saying that Israel would not initiate any action against Jordan even though by then the hostilities between Egypt and Israel had already broken out, and appealing to Jordan not to intervene and not to attack Israel. The Jordanian answer came in a series of attacks at various points of the Armistice Demarcation Line and in the bombardment of West Jerusalem. Even after that the Government of Israel tried three times during that day of 5 June to reach a cease-fire with Jordan. The Jordanian Government rejected all these efforts and intensified its attacks along the entire front, concentrating particularly on Jerusalem. 
**Analysis**
The text primarily describes a conflict between Israel and Jordan, mentioning the destruction of Jewish villages, expulsion of populations, and military actions. It does not mention economic, industrial, or environmental issues, and instead focuses on the political and military aspects of the conflict.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations