Palestine Liberation Organization

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic: {{Audio|ArPLO.ogg|Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah}} منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية ) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinians dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the region historically known as Palestine. In 1969, Yasser Arafat became the Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee and remained so until his death in 2004. He was succeeded by Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen.)

External links

History and Overview

• Fatah the most significant organization within the PLO
• Brief history of the Palestine Liberation Organization by GlobalSecurity.org

Documents

• Statement of Proclamation of the Organization (1964)
• Palestinian National Charter (1968) published by The Avalon Project at Yale Law School
• Palestinian National Charter (1968) published by the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations
• PLO Political Program Adopted at the 12th Session of the Palestine National Council Cairo, 8 June 1974 published by the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations
• Decisions and Actions related to the Palestine National Charter (1996) published by the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the United Nations
• Unofficial Translation of the Statement by the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization 1996 document above
• Draft constitution (2003) as published by the Palestine National Authority Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Analysis

• Another translation of the draft constitution, with commentary by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research
• Commentary on the Palestine National Charter published by the Jewish Virtual Library

General

• Collection of Documents, Biographies and other information on the Palestine Liberation Organization published by the Jewish Virtual Library
• The Palestinian Vision of Peace (2002) as stated by the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department
• Scholars debate the PLO vs. Zionism, suicide bombing and related issues
• Documents regarding the Soviet Ministry of Defense 1983 special operation requested by Yasir Arafat: delivery of two German-built coast guard cutters belonging to the PLO from Syria to Tunis - (PDF in Russian) from the Soviet Archives http://psi.ece.jhu.edu/~kaplan/IRUSS/BUK/GBARC/buk.html collected by Vladimir Bukovsky