Founded in 1964 and led by Yasser Arafat since 1969, the organization was originally formed in resistance to the State of Israel and has been linked to terrorist activities in the past. The PLO has, in recent years, recognized Israel's right to exist and renounced terrorism.

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

The political organization that represents the Palestinian people in their goal to establish Palestine as a national state.

(PLO) - Established in 1964 to represent stateless Palestinians, it evolved into a government-in-exile and remains as a parallel to the Palestinian Authority.

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (; or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary organization regarded by the Arab League since October 1974 as the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people."Madiha Rashid al Madfai, Jordan, the United States and the Middle East Peace Process, 1974-1991, Cambridge Middle East Library, Cambridge University Press (1993). ISBN 0521415233. p. 21:"On 28 October 1974, the seventh Arab summit conference held in Rabat designated the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people and reaffirmed their right to establish an independent state."