Palestine Liberation Organization
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The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is a political group that advocates for the creation of a state for the Palestinian people. The group was created in 1964. It represents Palestinians in diplomatic relations to other countries.[13][14] It has held observer status at the United Nations since 1974.[15] Since the First Intifada, it has ran the PNA.[a]
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| Chairman | Mahmoud Abbas |
| Headquarters | Al-Bireh, West Bank[1][2] |
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| Political position | Left-wing |
| International affiliation | United Nations non-member observer |
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| Anthem | Fida'i[11] |
| Palestinian Legislative Council | 50 / 132
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Founded as a result of Israel's win in the six-day war, the PLO defended themselves by trying to liberate the Palestinian territories. It was initially founded by Shukeiri in 1964, thriving under the leadership of Arafat from 1969 to 2004, making Fatah as one of the largest branches of the PLO. The group became involved in Black September, the Lebanese Civil War, the First Intifada, and the Second Intifada at the time of Yasser Arafat. After the First Intifada, the PLO and Israel signed the Oslo Accords, leading to creating the PA and transitioning the Palestine Liberation Organization into a political party. Arafat died during the Second Intifada, causing Mahmoud Abbas to become the current leader.
Since the Second Intifada, Fatah has maintained control over the PLO and the group has largely avoided violent combat. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) sometimes clashes with the Palestine Liberation Organization during incursions into the West Bank, part of an unofficial conflict. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), minor PLO factions are said to have participated in the war with Israel in 2023.
Palestine Liberation Organization Media
Orient House, the former PLO headquarters in Jerusalem
The founder of the PLO – Ahmad Shukeiri
Picture made on 14 April 2002, when US Minister of State Colin Powell visited Yasser Arafat, in his besieged headquarters in Ramallah.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
Notes
- ↑ Since 2006, the PLO's leadership of the Palestinian National Authority has been partially disputed by Hamas.
References
- ↑ Sawafta, Ali (30 November 2010). "In West Bank, Ramallah looks ever more like capital". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-ramallah/in-west-bank-ramallah-looks-ever-more-like-capital-idUSTRE6AT1VF20101130.
- ↑ Toameh, Khaled Abu. Abbas: Referendum law is 'obstacle to peace'. Jerusalem Post (24 November 2010). Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ↑ Szekely, Ora. The Politics of Militant Group Survival in the Middle East: Resources, Relationships, and Resistance (in en) (2016-11-26)Springer. p. 51. ISBN 978-3-319-40141-6.
- ↑ Spyer, Jonathan. The Transforming Fire: The Rise of the Israel-Islamist Conflict (in en) (2011-01-01)A&C Black. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-4411-6663-0.
- ↑ Quién fue Yasser Arafat? (17 March 2019).
- ↑ Grafton, David D.. Piety, Politics, and Power: Lutherans Encountering Islam in the Middle East (in en) (2009-03-16)Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 222. ISBN 978-1-63087-718-7.
- ↑ Rewriting history, Abbas calls Israel a 'colonial project' unrelated to Judaism. The Times of Israel.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Jailed PFLP Leader: Only a One-state Solution Is Possible" (in en). Haaretz. https://www.haaretz.com/2010-05-05/ty-article/jailed-pflp-leader-only-a-one-state-solution-is-possible/0000017f-f6de-d460-afff-fffe63970000. Retrieved 2023-11-08.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Rubenberg, Cheryl. The Palestinians: In Search of a Just Peace (in en) (2003)Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-58826-225-7.
- ↑ fasael - منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية (in ar). Palestine Liberation Organization. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ↑ Palestine. National Anthems.
- ↑ "Arabs Create Organization For Recovery of Palestine". The New York Times. 29 May 1964. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/29/archives/arabs-create-organization-for-recovery-of-palestine.html. "The creation of Palestine liberation organization was announced today...".
- ↑ United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3236. "Having heard the statement of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people, …"
- ↑ Kim Murphy. "Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, in Historic Bid for Peace, Agree to Mutual Recognition," Los Angeles Times, 10 September 1993.
- ↑ United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3210. "Invites the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people, to participate in the deliberations of the General Assembly on the question of Palestine in plenary meetings."
