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 & 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, Gold 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, Gold Meir, responded with Operation Sword of Gideon
-They lead many intifadas in the following years
Summary
PLO starts like a terrorist group and tried to conduct terrorist attacks against Israel. So Israel invades Lebanon and a multinational force sent in to restore order (PLO women are massacred by Israeli army) but Syria invades in 1987. When PLO finally withdraws in 1991, a cease fire signed but Syria troops stayed in Lebanon. Fatah (militant arm of PLO) hijacked 3 planes on a Jordan runway in 1970 (televised) and in 1972 Munich Olympics attacks on Israeli athletes but Arafat claimed to have nothing to do with the attack so Golda Meir responded with Operation Sword of Gideon (searched to kill the people who attacked the athletes).
