Due to its activities, including violence aimed at Israeli civilians, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) was declared by the United States to be a terrorist organization in 1987, although a presidential waiver has permitted contact since 1988.
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Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (in Arabic "Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr Filasṭīniyyah") is an umbrella political organization founded in 1964. The PLO claims to represent the world’s Palestinians those Arabs, and their descendants, who lived in mandated Palestine before the creation of the State of Israel.
According to Britannica "The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) was formed in 1964 to centralize the leadership of various Palestinian groups that previously had operated as clandestine resistance movements. It came into prominence only after the Six-Day War of June 1967, however, and engaged in a protracted guerrilla war against Israel during the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s before entering into peace negotiations with that country in the 1990s."
As per the Wikipedia records "The PLO is recognized as the "sole legitimate representative" of the Palestinian people by over 100 states with which it holds diplomatic relations, and has enjoyed observer status at the United Nations since 1974. Due to its activities, including violence aimed at Israeli civilians, the PLO was declared by the United States to be a terrorist organization in 1987, although a presidential waiver has permitted contact since 1988. In 1993, the PLO recognized Israel's right to exist in peace, accepted UN Security Council resolutions 242 and 338, and rejected "violence and terrorism". In response, Israel officially recognized the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people. However, the PLO has employed violence in the years since 1993, particularly during the 2000–2005 Al-Aqsa Intifada. On 29 October 2018, the Palestinian Central Council suspended the recognition of Israel and halted security and economic coordination in all its forms with it."
The History.com described origins of the PLO "The PLO emerged in response to various compounding events that took place in the Middle East. In 1948, Israel became an independent state, which resulted in more than 750,000 Palestinians fleeing their homeland. The subsequent 1948 war set the stage for years of tension and violence between Arabs and Israelis."
