During the first Iraq War (1990-91), PLO leader Yasser Arafat sided with Saddam Husein and suffered international isolation when Husein was humiliated by the US-led coalition armies.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/left-vs-right/exposed-30-years-ago-israels-left-illegally-established-a-palestinian-state-in-oslo/2023/08/30/

From here, it’s an easy ride for CNN to present both the PLO and Hamas as products of the Israeli occupation, and not of their fundamental refusal to recognize the existence of the Jewish state.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/10/27/cnn-distorts-history-to-absolve-hamas-and-blame-israel-for-oct-7-massacre/

He was first detained by PLO security forces in 2002 and held in Jericho under U.S. and British supervision.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/eye-on-palestine/palestinian-authority/former-arafat-aide-and-oldest-pa-terrorist-released-from-israeli-jail/2023/03/14/

In Feb. 1970, Salah Khalaf (aka, Abu Iyad) led a PLO delegation to Hanoi and met the legendary Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap.

Source: https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-two-state-solution-partition-or-politicide/

In light of these developments, the PA chairman drew up a “road map” for action against the Netanyahu government, which he recently presented to the PLO Revolutionary Council.

Source: https://jcpa.org/the-pa-must-pay-a-price-for-pressuring-israel-in-the-international-arena/

It is nominally controlled by the Palestinian Authority which in turn is controlled by the remnants of the PLO.

Source: https://www.libdemvoice.org/tom-arms-world-review-61-74223.html

PLO terrorists abducted and murdered Israeli schoolchildren in Ma’alot in 1974 and hijacked a bus, murdering 38 passengers, including 13 children, in what became known as the Coastal Road Massacre in 1978.

Source: https://www.jewishtimes.com/israels-national-security-adviser-is-right-hamas-must-be-destroyed/

Qatar and support for Hamas is a minority opinion already within the wider Muslim world, whereas PLO – and its strategy of negotiating for a Palestinian state – enjoys wider currency.

Source: https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/hamas-plo-anatomy-anti-israel-resistance

The Ambassador believes that the only course is for both sides to come together under the banner of Arafat’s Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO).

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/jilan-abdalmajid-palestinian-ambassador-dublin-gaza-6219736-Nov2023/

The Palestinian Authority is run by Fatah, the body behind the PLO, and is just another Islamic terrorist group.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/sultan-knish/biden-admin-pushing-coup-in-israel/2023/11/16/

The report stated that GUPS SFSU was part of an international organization headed by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and has since had a “long history of promoting and supporting terrorism.”

Source: https://jewishjournal.com/community/354798/campus-watch-jan-12-2023/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=campus-watch-jan-12-2023

The US has funded the PLO, ISIS and other terror groups for decades.

Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/10/no_author/day-of-rage/

We're talking about hitting record PLO numbers at the end of Q4 as well.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4624749-ezcorp-inc-ezpw-q3-2023-earnings-call-transcript?source=feed_all_articles