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Ahmad Al-Shuqeiry was the first Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee elected by the Palestinian National Council in 1964, and was succeeded in 1967 by Yahya Hammuda. In February 1969, Yasser Arafat was appointed leader of the PLO. He continued to be PLO leader (sometimes called chairman, sometimes president) until his death in November 2004.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Palestine Liberation Organization منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية Munaẓẓamat at-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīniyyah ⓘ Abbreviation PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas Founded 28 May 1964 Headquarters Al-Bireh, West Bank Ideology Palestinian nationalism Arab nationalism Pan-Arabism Arab ...
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The Palestine Liberation Army (PLA; Arabic: جيش التحرير الفلسطيني, romanized: Jaysh at-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnī) is ostensibly the military wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), set up at the 1964 Arab League summit held in Alexandria, Egypt, with the mission of fighting Israel.
The PLO was hence a government in exile between 1988 and 1994. The PLO began to exercise a limited rule in the Areas A and B of the West Bank and part of the Gaza Strip as a consequence of the 1994 Gaza-Jericho Agreement, under the umbrella of the Palestinian National Authority. In 2012, Palestine was upgraded to the status of non-member ...
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP; Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين, romanized: al-Jabha ash-Shaʿbiyya li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn) [3] is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and revolutionary socialist organization founded in 1967 by George Habash.
In Lebanon, the PLO was able to make use of media outlets and resources in order to expand their network of support. One text has suggested that the PLO had a full takeover of the Lebanese media. Publications such as Fatah were published daily from 1970 onward and there were numerous other publications that were published on behalf of the PLO.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Palestinian National Authority السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية as-Sulṭa al-Waṭanīya al-Filasṭīnīya Flag Coat of arms Anthem: فدائي (Fidāʾī ; "My Sacrifice") The Palestinian Authority (current de facto control in red) was created to exert partial civil control in ...