al-asifa

1. A Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state;
   During the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups (synset 108028255)
   "al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s"
   referred to in: act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
   domain region:

   • israel, sion, state of israel, yisrael, zion - Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
   • palestine - a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948
   • hashemite kingdom of jordan, jordan - an Arab kingdom in southwestern Asia on the Red Sea
   is an instance of:

   • foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization - a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
   • political movement - a group of people working together to achieve a political goal
   belongs to: palestine liberation organization, plo - 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
   same as: al-fatah, fatah

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