Arab disunity - PLO Flashcards
When was PLO set up and by Who?
1964
By arab leaders
What group within the PLO started hijackings?
PFLP- Palestinian front for the Liberation of Palestine.
What hijackings and attacks took place?
Israeli plane taken in Athens
Attacks on Israeli embassies
swiss plane blown up
What problems did these attacks and hijackings cause?
Israel would always retaliate and bomb PLo bases in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon
When were the PLO expelled from Jordan and what did this cause?
1970 expelled by King hussein
PLO resisted and 3000 plo members were killed
rest of the plo went o syria and lebanon
What did the group black september do?
Murdered the Jordanian PM as revenge for expelling the PLO
Murdered 13 Israelis at the Munich olympics
What happened in Lebanon during 1975?
The lebanese army tried to take back south lebanon where the plo were operating from.
plo resisted them successfully
Who aided the PLO in Lebanon?
The lebanese arabs who were against the christian government
When did Israel invade lebanon and why did they withdraw?
1978
forced to withdraw by USA
When did ISrael attack Lebanon again,what was the operation called and what happened?
1982
operation peace for Galilee
surrounded the capital, Beirut and were fprce to leave again by the USA. Agreed if the PLO moved out of lebanon
