PLO

The Palestine Liberation Organization is a political organization claiming to represent the world’s
Palestinians. It’s original charter stated that it desired for a Palestinian state established within the
entirety of the border of the British mandate prior to the 1948 war (i.e. the current boundaries of the
state of Israel). It was formed in 1964 to centralize the leadership of various Palestinian groups. It only
came to prominence after the “Six-day war” of 1967,and came to promote a distinctively Palestinian
agenda. Palestinian sought greater autonomy in their struggle with Israel and employed military tactics
to try to achieve it. This approach changed when they accepted the Israel’s right to exist in exchange for
Israel recognizing it as the legitimate representative of Palestinians.

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