PLO
n : a political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort
to create an independent state of Palestine; when formed
in 1964 it was a terrorist organization dominated by
Yasser Arafat's al-Fatah; in 1968 Arafat became chairman;
received recognition by the United Nations and by Arab
states in 1974 as a government in exile; has played a
largely political role since the creation of the
Palestine National Authority [syn: Palestine Liberation
Organization]