Palestine Liberation Organization: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr Filasṭīniyyah • PLO
Date	1964 - present
Areas Of Involvement	guerrilla warfare • national liberation movement • What Is “Pay for Slay”?
Related People	Yasser Arafat • Mahmoud Abbas • Imad Mughniyeh • Abū Niḍāl • Ṣalāḥ Khalaf • Charles Hélou • Saʿīd Ḥammāmī • Aḥmad Shuqayrī • Fayṣal ibn ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Ḥusaynī • ʿIsām Sartāwī • Khalīl Ibrāhīm al-Wazīr • Zuhayr Muḥsin