تأثير المتغيرات السياسية على البناء الفكري و سياسات منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية من 8661-8691

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The topic of this research paper was not chosen randomly by the authors, but with great care and concern, and after long and deep thought.

The significance of this topic is due to the quick adoption of the new leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for political solutions to the Palestinian Israeli conflict, which came only ten days after the coerced resignation Of the previous leader Of the PLO Ahmed al-Shukeery.

The Arab defeat in the June 1967 war also led to dramatic changes in the Arab region which might explain the new mandate given to the PLO's new leadership which led many Palestinian military factions to join it.

The political realities in the region were changed after the June 1967 war and the resignation of al-Shukeery, and patience within the PLO started to evaporate, and the new leadership of the PLO concluded that the liberation of all of historic Palestine is a myth under the new regional circumstances.

The implementation of a number of military operations by Fateh and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) against the Israeli occupation forces did not help much to change the new realties.

Under the new circumstances the new chairman of the PLO Yehya Hamoudah, and the leadership of Fateh presented a new political plan to the Palestinian Israeli conflict called for the establishment of a democratic and secular state of Palestine for all of its citizens.

The PLO's main goal behind this political initiative was to secure interna- tional passion and solidarity with the Palestinian cause.

But this idea was not accepted by all Palestinian factions and groups.

The new initiative by the PLO did not receive enough international recognition, and the PLO had to look into much more creative political initiatives.

The PLO, now under the leadership of Yasser Arafat adopted a new political plan called the 10 points program which called for the establishment of a Palestinian national authority on any liberated part of Palestine, in other words, the PLO accepted the two state solution, but without recognizing Israel in 1974.

On the same year 1974, the PLO was recognized by the Arab League representing all Arab countries as the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.

Also, Yasser Arafat, chairman of the PLO, was able to address the United Nations General Assembly for the first time with his famous speech about peace.

This research paper concludes that the adoption of the 10 points plan by the PLO's Palestinian National Council helped the PLO to secure Arab and international acceptance and recognition.