The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

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Reference Information

• The PLO: An Overview
• The Palestine National Charter
• Fatah: Table of Contents

Policies & Statements

• Arafat Denounces Violence then Calls for Martyrdom (2001)
• Arafat Terror Group Tries to Kill Sharon (2001)
• PLO Statement to Satisfy U.S. Conditions for Dialogue (1988)
  • Arafat Clarifies Statement to Satisfy U.S. Conditions for Dialogue (1988)
  • Arafat Speech to General Assembly Renouncing Terror (1988)
• Six Point Program of the PLO (1977)
• Ten Point Program of the PLO (1974)

The U.S. and the PLO

• First Guidance On U.S. Policy Toward the PLO
• PLO Compliance Report
• Waivers for PLO Sanctions
• State Department Documents PLO-Black September Link
• State Department Knew Arafat Was Involved in Killing of U.S. Diplomat
• Presidential Determination Suspending Restrictions on U.S. Relations with the Palestine Liberation Organization

People & Organizations

• Abdul Razeq al-Yahya
• Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas)
• Ahmad Shuqeiri
• Farouq Qaddumi (Abu Lutf)
• Haidar Abdul Shafi
• Khalil El-Wazir (Abu Jihad)
• Mohammed Abbas
• Saleh Khalaf (Abu Iyad)
• Yasser Arafat
• Force 17
• Tanzim