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PLO

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Palestine Liberation Organization

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PLO

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(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Palestine Liberation Organization

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PLO

Palestine Liberation Organization.

PLO

Palestine Liberation Organization, founded 1964 in Jordan and dominated by Syria. Led by Yasser Arafat, it has mounted attacks on Israeli-occupied territory and has been involved in international terrorism.

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PLO - 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

Palestine Liberation Organization

al-Asifa, al-Fatah, Fatah - 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 terrorist and insurgent groups; "al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s"

political movement - a group of people working together to achieve a political goal

Palestine - a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948

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PLO

N ABBR =Palestine Liberation Organization → OLP f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

PLO

[ˌpiːɛlˈəʊ] n abbr (=Palestine Liberation Organization) → OLP f(= Organisation de libération de la Palestine)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

PLO

abbr of Palestine Liberation Organization → PLO f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

PLO

[ˌpiːɛlˈəʊ] n abbr =Palestine Liberation Organization → OLP f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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