From the Israeli perspective , the conquest of the towns , designed , according to Benny Morris , 'to induce civilian panic and flight , ' averted Preventing_or_letting an Arab threat to Tel Aviv , thwarted an Arab Legion advance by clogging the roads with refugees , forcing Causation the Arab Legion to assume a logistical burden that would undermine its military capacities , and helped Assistance demoralize Influence nearby Arab cities .

The Ottoman Empire and British Empire were involved Cause_to_be_included in different capacities : the Ottoman Empire left Departing the region after the Armistice of Mudros but British influence Influence continued until Dunsterforce was pulled Motion back in the 1920s .