Arab-Israeli Blitzkrieg
CONFLICTED
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The Palestinian Liberation Organization Was Established as a Political Organization, Not a Military One.
The palestinians hadn't really been a political player. They had been absorbed into jordan. And the arab powers were making decisions on their behalf. So, as you rightly said, amon, the p l o was connected to egypt, and therefore it followed naser's orders. For that reason, they did not launch attacks inside israel, because naser did not want a war. The other palestinian player that emerged in the mid sixties, feta, or the palestinian national liberation movement. Many people think that the plo and feta are the same thing,. But in the beginning they were very different.
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