Palestine Liberation Organization منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية | |
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Abbreviation | PLO |
Chairman | Mahmoud Abbas |
Founded | 28 May 1964[1] |
Headquarters | Al-Bireh, West Bank[2][3] |
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Political position | Left-wing |
International affiliation | United Nations non-member observer |
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Anthem | Fida'i[13] |
Palestinian Legislative Council | 50 / 132
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http://www.plo.ps/en | |
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The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; Arabic: منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية Munaẓẓamat at-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīniyyah) is a Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinian people in both the Palestinian territories and the diaspora.[14][15][16] It is currently represented by the Palestinian Authority based in the West Bank city of Al-Bireh.
Founded in 1964, it initially sought to establish an Arab state over the entire territory of the former Mandatory Palestine, advocating the elimination of Israel. However, in 1993, the PLO recognized Israeli sovereignty with the Oslo Accords, and now only seeks to establish an independent state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the former territory of which has been militarily occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab–Israeli War.
As the officially recognized government of the de jure State of Palestine, it has enjoyed United Nations observer status since 1974.[17][18][19] Prior to the Oslo Accords, the PLO's militant wings engaged in acts of violence against both the Israeli military and civilians, within Israel and abroad.[20][21][22] The United States designated it as a terrorist group in 1987, though a presidential waiver has permitted American–PLO contact since 1988.[23][24]
Mediated talks between the Israeli government and the PLO in 1993 (the Oslo I Accord) resulted in the PLO recognizing Israel's legitimacy and accepting United Nations Security Council Resolution 242, which mandated Israel's withdrawal from the occupied territories, while Israel recognized the PLO as a legitimate authority representing the Palestinian people.[25] Despite the Israel–PLO Letters of Mutual Recognition (1993), in which PLO leader Yasser Arafat renounced violence against Israel, the PLO engaged in militant activities during the Second Intifada (2000–2005). On 29 October 2018, the PLO Central Council suspended the Palestinian recognition of Israel.[26][27]
The creation of Palestine liberation organization was announced today...
the higher and more encompassing power of the PLO, as the representative of all Palestinians, not just Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, whom the institutions of the PA represent.
On 28 October 1974, the seventh Arab summit conference held in Rabat designated the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people and reaffirmed their right to establish an independent state of urgency.
The organisation has also been recognized as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people by well over 100 states ...
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