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  • n  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
News & Articles

  • Abbas delays decision on peace talks, Kerry to fly home
    By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders put off a decision on Thursday about restarting peace talks with Israel, with most saying Israel must first meet their terms before negotiations can start, a Palestinian official said. President Mahmoud Abbas had gathered fellow PLO leaders in Ramallah to discuss his meetings with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry this week ...
    July 18, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Abbas delays decision on renewing peace talks with Israel
    By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders put off a decision on Thursday about restarting peace talks with Israel, with most saying Israel must first meet their terms before negotiations can start, a Palestinian official said. President Mahmoud Abbas had gathered fellow PLO leaders in Ramallah to discuss his meetings with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry this week ...
    July 18, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Abbas convenes key Palestinians, may resume talks with Israel
    By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - As Palestinian leaders discussed a possible U.S-brokered resumption of peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli government denied a shift in its conditions that might help end a three-year stalemate. President Mahmoud Abbas began briefing fellow PLO leaders in Ramallah on his meetings this week with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who has extended ...
    July 18, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Quotes

  • Ayman al-Zawahri in Reuters India
    These letters contain mutual recognition between Israel and the PLO, renunciation of violence, and commitment to negotiations as the path toward reaching a permanent solution that will lead to the establishment of the independent state of Palestine... Mahmoud Abbas http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHxH2RtxP3CmkqTyVBiZNTNAmAzHw International Herald Tribune http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/22/news/web.0922pals.php&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNF9e6PvMYeyM-9VHtl1fC0Ilz6y4Q Sep 21, 2006 75291 101639 plo Talk of fixing the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) is futile," said Zawahri. "The PLO is a secular entity that does not uphold Islamic law and it is the entity that dropped jihad from its covenant."

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