The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
Barack Obama
Question
Did the multinational force sent in to restore order have a positive effect?
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
•500,000 Palestinian refugees living in south Lebanon conduct terrorist attacks on Israel (PLO)
•Israel invades Lebanon as far as Beirut in 1982
•Multinational force sent in to restore order (PLO women are massacred)
•Syria invades in 1987
•PLO eventually agrees to withdraw
•1991 a cease fire was signed although Syrian troops remained in Lebanon
•Attacks still launched on Israel from Golan Heights area
•Israel invades Lebanon as far as Beirut in 1982
•Multinational force sent in to restore order (PLO women are massacred)
•Syria invades in 1987
•PLO eventually agrees to withdraw
•1991 a cease fire was signed although Syrian troops remained in Lebanon
•Attacks still launched on Israel from Golan Heights area
PLO and International Terrorism
•The militant arm of the PLO is called Fatah
•Leads hijackings of planes (3 blown up on the runway in Jordan in 1970)
•Most recognized were the attacks on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics
•Arafat claimed to have nothing to do with the attack
•Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir responded with Operation Sword of Gideon
•They lead many intifadas in the following years
•Leads hijackings of planes (3 blown up on the runway in Jordan in 1970)
•Most recognized were the attacks on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics
•Arafat claimed to have nothing to do with the attack
•Israeli Prime Minister, Golda Meir responded with Operation Sword of Gideon
•They lead many intifadas in the following years
Summary
Palestinian refugees living in Lebannon had terrorist attacks on Israel. Israel invades Lebanon. PLO women were massacred. PLO eventually agrees to withdraw.
PLO terrored Israel in a variety of ways.
PLO terrored Israel in a variety of ways.