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Palestine Liberation Organization
The Palestine Liberation Organization is a political and paramilitary organization which was created in 1964. It is recognized as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people" by the United Nations and over 100 states with which it holds diplomatic relations, and has enjoyed observer status at the United Nations since 1974...
Timeline of Events
1964
5.28.1964
The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed.
1969
2.3.1969
In Cairo, Yasser Arafat is appointed Palestine Liberation Organization leader at the Palestinian National Congress.
2.4.1969
Yasser Arafat takes over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
1974
11.22.1974
The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
1976
1.12.1976
The UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
6.27.1976
Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
1982
8.20.1982
Lebanese Civil War: a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.
1985
10.7.1985
The ''Achille Lauro'' is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.
1993
9.9.1993
The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.
1994
5.4.1994
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord regarding Palestinian autonomy granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
2005
1.9.2005
Elections are held to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He is succeeded by Rawhi Fattouh.