Word: plo
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Calling the Israel Defense Force's presence in Lebanon "a limited operation," Blum said its goal is to preclude any further possibility of terrorist acts from that area. Monday, Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) terrorists attacked Kibbutz Misgav Am, killing three Israelis...
...Israeli government received information that the PLO timed its Passover attack on the border kibbutz to coincide with and disrupt the ongoing peace talks between Israel and Egypt, he said...
Southern Lebanon has been the PLO's base of operations since 1970, when King Hussein of Jordan forcibly expelled the group from his country, the ambassador added...
Blum said the PLO's strong anti-Israel position is evdenced in its. "Three Stage Plan," introduced in 1974. The plan initially calls for a mini-state in the lands now occupied by Israel, then Israel's return to the borders outlined in the U.N. partition plan of 1947 and, finally, a "democratic secular state in all of Israeli held Palestine...
...stubborn refusal to deal with opposition groups appears destined for repetition in the case of the Arab-Israeli conflict, where American public officials continue to deny the legitimacy of the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization among Palestinians--again, in contradiction to publicly available facts. The objections to PLO participation in negotiations--that it is "terrorist," that it denies the right of Israel to exist, that it does not represent Palestinians, but is merely a "Soviet tool"--simply do not bear up to scrutiny. The use of violence against civilians did not prevent our negotiating with the National Liberation Front...