WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

What umbrella group associated with major acts of terrorism from the 1960s to 1980s originally formed in 1964 to promote the use of violence to regain control of Israel for Palestinians?

A	The Muslim Brotherhood.
B	The Hashemites
C	The Wahhabis
D	The Palestine Liberation Organization

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The PLO was founded in 1964 as a Palestinian nationalist umbrella organization committed to the creation of an independent Palestinian state. After the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, militia groups composing the PLO vied for control, with Al Fatah–led by Yasser Arafat–becoming dominant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Arabic Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr Filasṭīniyyah, umbrella political organization claiming to represent the world’s Palestinians-those Arabs, and their descendants, who lived in mandated Palestine before the creation there of the State of Israel in 1948.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Palestine Liberation Army (PLA, Arabic: , Jaysh at-Tahrir al-Filastini) is ostensibly the military wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), set up at the 1964 Arab League summit held in Alexandria, Egypt, with the mission of fighting Israel.

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