In the late 1950s Arafat and other Arabs claiming to be "Palestinians" founded the Fatah movement, dedicated to bringing the destruction of Israel through armed struggle.<ref name="CBC" /> Fatah started its terroristic campaign against Israel in 1965,<ref name="Israel studies">[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/isdf/text/perliger.html Israel’s War on Terrorism: An Historical and Political Perspective]</ref> two years before the so-called Israeli "occupation" of the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]] started. In 1969, Arafat took over the [[PLO]] (which was formed five years earlier) and turned it into an umbrella organization which included the Fatah and other "Palestinian" terrorist groups.<ref name="Israel studies" /> | In the late 1950s Arafat and other Arabs claiming to be "Palestinians" founded the Fatah movement, dedicated to bringing the destruction of Israel through armed struggle.<ref name="CBC" /> Fatah started its terroristic campaign against Israel in 1965,<ref name="Israel studies">[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/isdf/text/perliger.html Israel’s War on Terrorism: An Historical and Political Perspective]</ref> two years before the so-called Israeli "occupation" of the [[West Bank]] and [[Gaza Strip]] started. In 1969, Arafat took over the [[PLO]] (which was formed five years earlier) and turned it into an umbrella organization which included the Fatah and other "Palestinian" terrorist groups.<ref name="Israel studies" /> |