HyperDic: palestine_liberation_organization

English > 1 sense of the expression Palestine Liberation Organization:
NOUNgroupPalestine Liberation Organization, PLOa political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine
English > Palestine Liberation Organization: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman; received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority.
SynonymPLO
Membersal-Fatah, Fatah, al-AsifaA Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state
RegionPalestineA former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean
Broaderpolitical movementA group of people working together to achieve a political goal
SpanishOLP

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