Noor
16-04-06, 16:20
1964 - First Intifada
Sept. 28, 2005
http://www.islamonline.net/English/In_Depth/PalestineInFocus/TheStruggle/History/images/pic03.jpg Eve of Black September 1970, Y***er Arafat, Nayef Hawatmah (leader of Democratic Front for the Liberation of the Palestine) and Kamal N***er (******inated in 1973 by Ehud Barak)
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Creation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
In January 1964, Arab governments finally gave in to increasing pressure, and allowed the creation of a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). It is important to note the historical timing in relation to other Arab liberation struggles against a foreign oppressor; just two years before, after years of bloody fighting, the Algerian resistance had finally overthrown the settler colonialism of the French. A wave of optimism was spreading, over which Arab regimes wished to keep a tight control. This was exactly the case with the origins of the PLO.
The PLO began in Cairo as a conservative body under the leadership of Ahmad Shuqairi, a man who would not step out of line with the Arab governments and did not support military operations. But by 1964, Arafat and the other Fatah founders had a core group of guerilla fighters recruited from refugee camps across the Arab world and Palestinian students in Europe and the US. They believed that the time for sitting around and waiting for Arab government action was over
continues
http://www.islamonline.net/English/In_Depth/PalestineInFocus/TheStruggle/History/03.shtml
Sept. 28, 2005
http://www.islamonline.net/English/In_Depth/PalestineInFocus/TheStruggle/History/images/pic03.jpg Eve of Black September 1970, Y***er Arafat, Nayef Hawatmah (leader of Democratic Front for the Liberation of the Palestine) and Kamal N***er (******inated in 1973 by Ehud Barak)
© Al Ahram Weekly (file:///Z:/%D8%B7%C2%A7%D8%B8%E2%80%9E%D8%B7%C2%AF%D8%B7%C2%B 9%D8%B8%E2%80%A6%20%D8%B7%C2%A7%D8%B8%E2%80%9E%D8% B8%D9%BE%D8%B8%E2%80%A0%D8%B8%E2%80%B0/English/Views/The%20Struggle%20UPLOADERS/Struggle%20History/1964-First%20Intifada/weekly.ahram.org.eg)
Creation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
In January 1964, Arab governments finally gave in to increasing pressure, and allowed the creation of a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). It is important to note the historical timing in relation to other Arab liberation struggles against a foreign oppressor; just two years before, after years of bloody fighting, the Algerian resistance had finally overthrown the settler colonialism of the French. A wave of optimism was spreading, over which Arab regimes wished to keep a tight control. This was exactly the case with the origins of the PLO.
The PLO began in Cairo as a conservative body under the leadership of Ahmad Shuqairi, a man who would not step out of line with the Arab governments and did not support military operations. But by 1964, Arafat and the other Fatah founders had a core group of guerilla fighters recruited from refugee camps across the Arab world and Palestinian students in Europe and the US. They believed that the time for sitting around and waiting for Arab government action was over
continues
http://www.islamonline.net/English/In_Depth/PalestineInFocus/TheStruggle/History/03.shtml