FILE - In this Oct. 28, 1970 file photo, Palestinian refugees gather in front of their housing in the Bekaa refugee camp, 10 miles northwest of Amman, Jordan. More than 700,000 Palestinians fled or were driven out in the 1948 Mideast war, according to U.N. figures. The war began after Israel declared its independence and surrounding Arab nations invaded. Tens of thousands more Palestinians were displaced in the 1967 war in which Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, lands the Palestinians seek for a state. (AP Photo)