28 maio 1964 ano - PLO Created

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Turning into the 20th Century, Nationalism by Arab peoples was not sought after. It was something foreign to the Arab world and something which only came into existence after the end of WW1. Only then was there a dream of a united Arab Nation which was inspired by and fostered by European ideals.

The Balfour Declaration of 1917 raised 'alarms' for Arabs in thinking that 'their land' was going to be taken away from them forcibly by the nations and a Jewish nation imposed on them.

This was, of course, not the case but the idea was fostered in order to create foment among the Palestinian population (both Jew and Arab) in order for others with political intent to futher their own agenda.

Fast forward to 1947-8 and the Israeli war of Independance and the new Jewish nation became a rallying point among the Arabs, and some may say, their only unifying cause, the elimination of the new nation.

The below is an excerpt from The PLO: The Rise and Fall of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation by Jill Becker 1984

"...which of the powerful Arab leaders should lead the jihad, the holy war against Israel, and so dominate the hypothetically united Arab world?
It was in pursuit of this ambition that President Nasser of Egypt invented the idea of the PLO and persuaded the Arab League to bring it into existence by means of a resolution in 1964.

The PLO's purpose was to serve Nassers own political plans. He used it not to fight Israel, but to undermine the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. While not renouncing the holy war, he deferred the conquest of Israel until Arab unity under Egypt could be achieved.

Syria would not allow Egypt to dominate the holy cause of Palestine. Syria regarded Palestine as Syrian territory and wanted a war to eliminate Israel first, after which unification of the Arab states could be affected with no piece of Arab land missing from the grand scheme.

So Syria created units of fedayeen, fighters willing to sacrifice themselves for the cause, and launched Palestinian raids into Israel to provoke Israeli aggression and force Egypt into a belligerence which resulted in the 6-day war of 1967.

Far from destroying Israel, the war left more Arab territory in Israeli hands."

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