Meaning | A 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. |
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Synonym | Palestine Liberation Organization |
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Members | al-Fatah, Fatah, al-Asifa | A Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state |
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Region | Palestine | A former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean |
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Broader | political movement | A group of people working together to achieve a political goal |
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Spanish | OLP |
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