PLO
•500,000 Palestinian refugees living in south Lebanon conduct terrorist attacks on Israel (PLO)
•Israel invades Lebanon as far as Beirut in 1982
•Multinational force sent in to restore order (PLO women are massacred)
•Syria invades in 1987
•PLO eventually agrees to withdraw
•1991 a cease fire was signed although Syrian troops remained in Lebanon
•Attacks still launched on Israel from Golan Heights area
•Israel invades Lebanon as far as Beirut in 1982
•Multinational force sent in to restore order (PLO women are massacred)
•Syria invades in 1987
•PLO eventually agrees to withdraw
•1991 a cease fire was signed although Syrian troops remained in Lebanon
•Attacks still launched on Israel from Golan Heights area
I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
-Yasser Arafat
-Yasser Arafat
Summary
The Palestinian Liberation Organization includes up to 500,000 Palestinians refugees that live in south Lebanon and conduct terrorist attacks on Israel. In 1982, Lebanon was invaded by Israel and afterwards PLO women were massacred and the multinational force was sent in to restore order. Attacks were still launched on Israel from the Golan Heights area.