PLO
Guide Note:
The Palestine Liberation Organization is an organized body that is the sole legal representative of the Palestinian people.
Fast Facts:
- Founded: 1964
- Founder: Yasser Arafat
- United Nations Recognition: 1974
- Current President: Mahmoud Abbas
- Recognized as a terrorist organization in 2004
The Mahalo Top 7
- Official Site: PLO Negotiations Affairs Department
- Wikipedia: Palestine Liberation Organization
- New York Times: Palestine Liberation Organization News
- Haaretz: "Palestinians: Final status should be agreed on within eight months" (November 23, 2007)
- WAFA: "President Abbas: Time comes to Put Past Behind us" (September 26, 2007)
- Google News: PLO
- Video: Interview with Mahmoud Abbas Part 1 | Part 2 (Time: 21:28)
PLO Recent News
- Yahoo! News: PLO
- Global Research: The PLO excluded from the Annapolis Conference (December 3, 2007)
- Haaretz: "Deserting a sinking ship" (November 22, 2007)
- IMEMC: "PLO official: President Abbas to meet PM Olmert on Monday" (November 18, 2007)
- Guardian Unlimited: PLO disputes Jerusalem rail plan (October 26, 2007)
- Maan News Agency: "PA is "an illegal and illusory authorty," PLO political chief Qaddoumi says" (June 22, 2007)
- BBC News: PLO veteran mourned in Gaza Strip (September 26, 2007)
- BBC News: PLO back in Beirut after 24 years (May 16, 2006)
PLO Background and Articles
- Jewish Virtual Library: Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
- FAS: Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
- IRIS: The PLO Charter
- Anti-Defamation League: Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
- Times Online: PLO chiefs will vet Arafat's choice for Prime Minister - Times Online (2003)
- Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Remarks by PLO Chairman ARAFAT on Recieving the Nobel Prize for Peace (1994)
Yasser Arafat
- Mahalo's page on Yasser Arafat
- Times Online: Yassir Arafat: The Times Obituary (2004)
- The Telegraph: Yasser Arafat (2004)
PLO Origins
- Wikipedia: British Mandate of Palestine
- PalestineFacts.org: Founding the Palestine Liberation Organization
- BBC News: "PLO leader forced from Beirut" (1982)
PLO and the Palestinian Nation
- Wikipedia: Palestinian National Covenant
- The Economist: "Israel and the Palestinians: Forty years on" (May 24, 2007)
- Jerusalem Viewpoint: "Ten Years Since Oslo: The PLO's "People's War" Strategy and Israel's Inadequate Response" (2003)
PLO Elections
- Haaretz: "PLO officials: Abbas to dismiss parliament, call early elections" (October 12, 2006)
- CNN.com: "Mahmoud Abbas elected PLO leader" (2004)
PLO Videos and Media
- BBC Video: PLO Search
- Google Image Search: PLO
- Live Search Images: PLO
- YouTube & Google Video Search: PLO
- Yahoo! Video Search: PLO
- YouTube: Interview with Mahmoud Abbas Part 1 | Part 2 (Time: 21:28)
- YouTube: PLO strike call shuts down Gaza (Time: 1:52)
PLO Blogs and Message Boards
- Jihad Watch: Former PLO member arrested in Philippines
- Daniel Pipes: Review of Revolution Until Victory? The Politics and History of the PLO
PLO Timeline
- 1964: Created by the Palestinian National Council at the suggestion of the Arab League
- 1969: Yasser Arafat appointed as PLO chairman
- 1970: Jordan expels the PLO following a war of attrition against Israel
- 1974: A Ten Point Program is adopted by the Fatah in their quest for statehood
- 1974: The The United Nations grants the PLO observer status
- 1976: The PLO is admitted into the Arab League
- 1982: Moved from Lebanon to Tunis, following an Israeli invasion
- 1988: Adopoted the Palestinian Declaration of Independence
- 1993: Completed negotiations of the Oslo Accords with Israel
- 2004: Placed on the list of known terrorist organizations by the U.S. Congress
- 2004: Mahmoud Abbas is appointed as PLO chairman following the death of Yasser Arafat
PLO Commentary and Criticism
- Israeli-Palestinian ProCon.org: What is the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)?
- Walid Shoebat: Former PLO Terrorist who speaks out for Israel
- Ynetnews: "The day after Annapolis" (November 19, 2007)
- Daniel Pipes: How Important Is the PLO? - (1983)
- Daniel Pipes: PLO, Inc. (1991)
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