English > al-Asifa: 1 sense > noun 1, group| Meaning | A Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained / trained terrorist and insurgent groups. |
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| Synonyms | al-Fatah, Fatah |
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| Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act | The calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature |
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| Instance of | political movement | A group of people working together to achieve a political goal |
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| terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO | A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
| Member of | Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO | A political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine |
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| Region | Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion | Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean |
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| Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan | An Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea |
| Palestine | A former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean |
| Spanish | Fatah |
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