Full Text of the Phased Plan: Political Programme Adopted at the 12th Session of the Palestinian National Council Cairo, June 9, 1974 Text of the Phased Plan resolution: The Palestinian National Council: On the basis of the Palestinian National Charter and the Political Programme drawn up at the eleventh session, held from January 6-12, 1973; and from its belief that it is impossible for a...
The Slogan “Palestine From the River to the Sea”
“Palestine from the river to the sea” was a slogan of the Palestine Liberation Organization beginning with its founding in 1964, claiming a Palestinian state between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea and rejecting control by Israel of any land in the region, including areas controlled by Israel prior to 1967. It later became a popular political slogan used by Palestinians who reject...
There would be no Palestinian refugee problem if…
There would be no refugee problem if seven Arab nations had not attacked Israel upon its inception in 1948. 800,000 Jewish refugees were expelled from Arab countries in 1948. The PLO took the Israeli Olympic delegation hostage in the 1972 Munich Olympic games, and after failing to extort the release of Palestinian prisoners, killed 11 Israeli athletes. The PLO invented the idea of skyjackings in...