PLO
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- noun
- /piː ɛl oʊ/
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Organización para la Liberación de Palestina
- Israel, in turn, recognized the PLO as the representative of the Palestinian people.
- Israel and the PLO
- negotiate with the PLO
- peace with the PLO
It is not Israeli occupation that Hamas and the PLO resent.
- It is not Israeli occupation that Hamas and the PLO resent.
- There are two major wings, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, or the PLO and Hamas, the Islamist wing.
- and Shand quote, everybody should know we support the PLO.
- Were were stopped by a PLO militia checkpoint and they looked at my brother and said, oh, that's a nice looking watch.
- Well, when they hooked up with the PLO and they started bombing civilians, then I removed myself from it.
- President Carter with Egypt and President Clinton with Jordan and the PLO, Israeli agreement.
- Well, when they hooked up with the PLO and they started bombing civilians, then I remove myself from it.
Examples
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The PLO was established in 1964 to advocate for the rights of Palestinian Arabs.
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There are two major wings, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, or the PLO and Hamas, the Islamist wing.
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The head of the PLO and some say the key to peace in the Middle East.
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Are you trying to join the PLO?
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For all we know, Louis works for the PLO.
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The press is blaming the PLO.
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Still, the center of Palestinian political gravity remained with the PLO leaders in exile.
Academic text (2011) -
The PLO condemns attacks on civilians.
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From the Palestinian perspective, the U.S.-PLO dialogue was already dead.
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After the 1993 Oslo Accords, the PLO moved toward conciliation and recognized Israel and its right to exist.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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An organization that represents Palestinian people and works for an independent state
Surface Forms
Morphology
PLO = Palestine Liberation Organization (opaque) = P + L + O
The form 'PLO' is an initialism whose letters do not transparently indicate the expanded name without prior knowledge.
Etymology
The word PLO is an acronym from the English words Palestine, Liberation, and Organization, where Liberation means 'freedom'. The PLO was formed in 1964 to represent the Palestinian people, so today PLO refers to the political group working for an independent state of Palestine.