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Palestine Liberation Organization

Palestine Liberation Organization

3 4.2
An organization that represents Palestinian people and works for an independent state
  • proper noun
translation icon : Organización para la Liberación de Palestina
  • While Moscow had long supported the Palestine Liberation Organization and lobbied for the creation of the Palestinian state, Putin's outreach to Hamas broke with tradition.
  • Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

Examples

  • The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was formed, and it is recognized as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Specifically, Israelis have displayed a greater willingness to: 1) part with the territories; 2) negotiate with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); and 3) accept the eventual establishment of a Palestinian state.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The PKK also received help from the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The Israel-Palestine Liberation Organization Declaration of Principles has created enthusiasm about the prospects for economic cooperation between Arabs and Israelis.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Amman maintained this position even after the creation of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964 and the 1967 Six-Day War.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Because Jordan had disengaged from the Israeli-occupied West Bank in 1988, it was up to the Palestinians, then represented by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), to negotiate their own water deal with Israel.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The Gulf conflicts, encompassing the Iraq-Kuwait conflict and the ensuing American-inspired military operations against Iraq, may turn out to be the most decisive foreign/regional policy issue that the Palestine Liberation Organization has confronted in the quarter century of its existence.

    Academic text (1991)

  • U.S. negotiators during the Clinton administration, assuming that Yasir Arafat, then chair of the Palestine Liberation Organization, controlled Palestinian public opinion, reduced the matter of clinching Palestinian support for peace to getting Arafat's signature on the dotted line.

    Academic text (2009)

  • A senior official from the Palestine Liberation Organization called the sentence a travesty of justice.

  • Dr. Nabeel Shaath is a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's negotiations team.

Synonyms

PLO
vsPalestine Liberation Organization
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A political group that represents Palestinians and seeks an independent Palestinian state

has identical meaning but uses the full official name instead of initials

Surface Forms

Palestine Liberation Organization main

Morphology

Palestine + liberation + organization

The compound is fully compositional: 'Palestine' (the place/people) + 'liberation' (the act of achieving freedom) + 'organization' (a collective) directly yields an organization devoted to the liberation of Palestine. Specific historical or political details (founding date, official recognition) are not deducible from the name, but the core purpose is predictable for a learner who knows the constituents.

Etymology

Palestine Liberation Organization was chosen to show its aim: Palestine means the land and people, Liberation means 'to free' or get 'freedom', and Organization means a group working together. So, the name tells you it is a group that represents the Palestinian people and works for their freedom and an independent country.