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== History ==
 
== History ==
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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.  
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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,”<ref>[https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/blogs/242943/palestine-river-sea-always-call-annihilation-not-liberation/ ‘Palestine From the River to the Sea’ Has Always Been a Call for Annihilation Not Liberation] M. Danzig, JJ, Dec 3, 2018</ref> and the complete destruction of the Jewish state.
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PLO 1964 charter explained:<ref>[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-original-palestine-national-charter-1964 Palestine Liberation Organization: The Original Palestine National Charter (1964)]</ref>
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This Covenant was written by the first PLO Chairman, Ahmed Shukeiry. This version reflects the Pan-Arab nationalism which can be clearly seen in the emphasis on the view of Palestine as part of an Arab collective homeland. The pan-Arab objective in the Arab-Israeli conflict is rather pervasive – the destruction of Israel. However, noticeably missing is the call for a Palestinian state and the subordinate position of the Palestinians in what is expressed as a battle for their rights and homeland.</blockquote>
    
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>.
 
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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