Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
•500,000 Palestinian refugees living in south Lebanon conduct terrorist attacks on Israel (PLO)
•Israel invades Lebanon as far as Beirut in 1982
•Multinational force sent in to restore order (PLO women are massacred)
•Syria invades in 1987
•PLO eventually agrees to withdraw
•1991 a cease fire was signed although Syrian troops remained in Lebanon
•Attacks still launched on Israel from Golan Heights area
•Israel invades Lebanon as far as Beirut in 1982
•Multinational force sent in to restore order (PLO women are massacred)
•Syria invades in 1987
•PLO eventually agrees to withdraw
•1991 a cease fire was signed although Syrian troops remained in Lebanon
•Attacks still launched on Israel from Golan Heights area
PLO and International Terrorism
•The militant arm of the PLO is called Fatah
•Leads hijackings of planes (3 blown up on the runway in Jordan in 1970)
•Most recognized were the attacks on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics
•Arafat claimed to have nothing to do with the attack
•Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir responded with Operation Sword of Gideon
•They lead many intifadas in the following years
•Leads hijackings of planes (3 blown up on the runway in Jordan in 1970)
•Most recognized were the attacks on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics
•Arafat claimed to have nothing to do with the attack
•Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir responded with Operation Sword of Gideon
•They lead many intifadas in the following years
Summary: The Israeli people were under attack and many got shot and killed at the Munich Olympics. This occurred as well after the Palestinians conducted a terrorist attack on Israel.
"Without full Palestinian rights with a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital there won't be peace.... We can't rule out a return to the gun. If Israel can't meet its obligations the peace will be destroyed."
- Yasser Arafat