Word: plo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the new approach, the 450-member council hopes to meet at least some conditions the United States has set for dealing with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). The Arab League formed the council in 1964, but it has assumed the role of a PLO legislature...
Behind the scenes of the council sessions, which began a special session Saturday, PLO chief Yasser Arafat rallied members to his new policy...
...Washington, President Reagan said implicit PLO recognition of Israel "would be some progress," but added: "There are other problems that remain to be solved...
...will not negotiate with the PLO," said Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. "It's not a problem of definition and formulations of various positions. We'll not negotiate with them because they're opposed to peace with Israel...
Arafat and other PLO leaders consider the independence declaration a historic step toward creation of an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza. The council meeting is called the "Intefadeh" session after the 11-month-old uprising among the 1.5 million Palestinians of the occupied lands...