Noun
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a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine
when formed in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah
in 1968 Arafat became chairman
received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab states in 1974 as a government in exile
has played a largely political role since the creation of the Palestine National Authority
- palestine liberation organization