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Noun
  1. 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 (synset 108337315)
    domain region: palestine - a former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948
    is a type of: political movement - a group of people working together to achieve a political goal
    member holonym: al-asifa, al-fatah, fatah - 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
    same as: palestine liberation organization

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