Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
- 500,000 Palestinian refugees living in South Lebanon conduct terrorist attacks on Israel (PLO)
- Israel invades Lebanon as far as Beirut in 1982
- Multinational force sent in to restore order (PLO women are massacred)
- Syria invades in 1987
- PLO eventually agrees to withdraw
- 1991 a cease fire was signed although Syrian troops remained in Lebanon
- Attacks still launched on Israel from Golan Heights area
PLO and International Terrorism
- The militant arm of the PLO is called Fatah
- Leads hijackings of planes (3 blown up on the runway in Jordan in 1970)
- Most recognized were the attacks on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics
- Arafat claimed to have nothing to do with the attack
- Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir responded with Operation Sword of Gideon
- They lead many intifadas in the following years
Summary
A number of terrorist attacks were conducted by 500,000 Palestinian refugees (PLO) living in South Lebanon at the time. In 1982 Israel invades Lebanon, and the attacks spread as far as Beirut. Only five years later, Syria also conducts an invasion although the PLO eventually agree to withdraw. The Militant arm of the PLO was called the Fatah, and this group lead the hijacking of 3 aircrafts all of which were blown up on a runway in Jordan in 1970. This organization was most noted for acts of terrorist, including attacks on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.