PLO Flashcards

1
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set up in

A

1964 after the Suez Crisis

- refugee camps were a source of its members

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2
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disparate group

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many factions, including Fatah and Black September

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3
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border raids

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1967-70 - raids between Fatah and Israelis

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4
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Yasser Arafat

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  • leader in 1968

- wanted to focus raids on Israel but some wanted international attacks

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5
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targets:

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  • Israeli planes, Embassies and Offices around the world

- Israelis often took reprisals

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6
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planes

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hijacked in 1970 from Britain, Switzerland and US- took them to Jordan and blew them up

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7
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Jordan

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expelled PLO in 1970 as they feared foreign intervention

-killed 10,000 Palestinians in fighting

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8
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Black September

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  • Black September kidnapped 11 Israeli athletes

- Israel killed 200 refugees in Israel

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9
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condemned

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by world opinion

-they had gained the world’s attention though

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