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| | The PLO was created in 1964 when the West Bank and the Gaza Strip were not under the control of [[Israel]]. Its original purpose was to “push the Jews into the sea” and the complete destruction of the Jewish state. | | The PLO was created in 1964 when the West Bank and the Gaza Strip were not under the control of [[Israel]]. Its original purpose was to “push the Jews into the sea” and the complete destruction of the Jewish state. |
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| − | Its first leader was leftist Ahemd Shukairy (Ahmed Shukairy / Shukeiri)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/47754873/ The Progress-Index from Petersburg, Virginia, June 13,1967, p.4]: ''Palestine Liberation Group Badly Mauled. By Michael Goldsmith, Beirut, Lebanon (AP). The Arab defeat in the Middle East war leaves a big question mark over the future of the Pafestine Liberation Organization and its '''firebrand leader -leftist Ahemd Shukairy'''. Shukairy narrowly escaped capture by Israeli forces in Jerusalem and many of his "Liberation Army" are now prisoners of the Israelis. "We will wipe Israel off the face of the map and no Jew will survive," Shukairy declared two days before the war broke out June 5. He vowed to lead the vanguard of his troops into the Israeli sector of Jerusalem and set up a "purely Arab government" there for all of Palestine.''</ref>. | + | Its first leader was leftist [[Ahmed Shukairy]] (Ahmed Shukairy / Shukeiri)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/47754873/ The Progress-Index from Petersburg, Virginia, June 13,1967, p.4]: ''Palestine Liberation Group Badly Mauled. By Michael Goldsmith, Beirut, Lebanon (AP). The Arab defeat in the Middle East war leaves a big question mark over the future of the Pafestine Liberation Organization and its '''firebrand leader -leftist Ahemd Shukairy'''. Shukairy narrowly escaped capture by Israeli forces in Jerusalem and many of his "Liberation Army" are now prisoners of the Israelis. "We will wipe Israel off the face of the map and no Jew will survive," Shukairy declared two days before the war broke out June 5. He vowed to lead the vanguard of his troops into the Israeli sector of Jerusalem and set up a "purely Arab government" there for all of Palestine.''</ref>. |
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| | + | ===Perpetuating the refugee problem=== |
| | + | In 1966, [[Ahmad Shukairy]], the [[PLO]] said: We will force our people to remain refugees against their will - or else there is no Palestinian cause. Another PLO representative said then: "If they try to leave. We will stop them, by force if need be."<ref>Thomas F. Brady, "[https://www.nytimes.com/1966/04/04/archives/arabs-adamant-against-absorption-of-refugees.html Arabs Adamant Against Absorption of Refugees]", ''The New York Times'', April 4, 1966. p. 14. (qtd in: [https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-plo-in-1966-said-it-we-will-force.html?m=1 The PLO in 1966 said it: We will force our people to remain refugees against their will - or else there is no Palestinian cause. EoZ. Wednesday, October 17, 2018]) |
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| | + | JERUSALEM (Jordanian Sector), March 30 "'''The Arab states will not integrate the Palestine refugees because integration would be a slow process of liquidating the Palestine problem,"''' Ahmed Shukairy, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, declared in an interview today. |
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| | + | “Consequently. the refugees don’t want to be integrated.” he continued. “'''If there are no Palestinian people. there is no Palestinian cause. We can't conceive of a Babylonian cause today because there are no Babylonians'''. But we start from the premise that we will achieve the liberation of Palestine soon."... |
| | + | Hamdi Hizrallah, 40 years old, a representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization, was at the intetview... he said with great intensity: “I will tell you something. And I wish you would quote me. If they try to leave. We will stop them, by force if need be.”</blockquote></ref> |
| | + | ===Terror=== |
| | The PLO has been attacking Israeli civilians while using its own civilians as human shields<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SvudKjsiDxAC&pg=PA131 United States Policy Toward Lebanon-relief and Rehabilitation Assistance ... By United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. 1983. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. p.131] | | The PLO has been attacking Israeli civilians while using its own civilians as human shields<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=SvudKjsiDxAC&pg=PA131 United States Policy Toward Lebanon-relief and Rehabilitation Assistance ... By United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. 1983. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. p.131] |
| | THE PLO THREAT | | THE PLO THREAT |