PLO

Question 1

set up in

Answer 1

1964 after the Suez Crisis

- refugee camps were a source of its members

Question 2

disparate group

Answer 2

many factions, including Fatah and Black September

Question 3

border raids

Answer 3

1967-70 - raids between Fatah and Israelis

Question 4

Yasser Arafat

Answer 4

• leader in 1968

- wanted to focus raids on Israel but some wanted international attacks

Question 5

targets:

Answer 5

• Israeli planes, Embassies and Offices around the world

- Israelis often took reprisals

Question 6

planes

Answer 6

hijacked in 1970 from Britain, Switzerland and US- took them to Jordan and blew them up

Question 7

Jordan

Answer 7

expelled PLO in 1970 as they feared foreign intervention

-killed 10,000 Palestinians in fighting

Question 8

Black September

Answer 8

• Black September kidnapped 11 Israeli athletes

- Israel killed 200 refugees in Israel

Question 9

condemned

Answer 9

by world opinion

-they had gained the world’s attention though