Editing Palestine Liberation Organization (section)

===Early actions===
At its [[1964 Arab League summit (Cairo)|first summit meeting]] in [[Cairo]] in 1964, the [[Arab League]] initiated the creation of an organization representing the Palestinian people.<ref name="masri">[http://muftah.org/the-plo-and-the-crisis-of-representation-by-mazen-masri/#.Vef84LNnor4 ''The PLO and the crisis of representation''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322193612/http://muftah.org/the-plo-and-the-crisis-of-representation-by-mazen-masri/#.Vef84LNnor4|date=22 March 2016}}.  Mazen Masri, Muftah, 15 October 2010</ref> The [[Palestinian National Council]] convened in [[Jerusalem]] on 28 May 1964. After concluding the meeting, the PLO was founded on 2 June 1964. Its stated "complementary goals" were Arab unity and the liberation of [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]].<ref name="1964_charter"/>

The PLO began their militancy campaign from its inception with an attack on [[National Water Carrier of Israel|Israel's National Water Carrier]] in January 1965.<ref name="fundingevil"/> The group used [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla]] tactics to attack Israel from their bases in [[Jordan]] (which then included the [[West Bank]]), [[Lebanon]], Egypt ([[Gaza Strip]]), and [[Syria]].<ref>[http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761588322_2/arab-israeli_conflict.html Arab-Israeli Conflict], [[Encarta]] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028083130/http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761588322_2/arab-israeli_conflict.html|date=28 October 2009}}</ref>

The most notable of what were considered terrorist acts committed by member organizations of the PLO were in the 1970s. The 1970 [[Avivim school bus bombing|Avivim school bus massacre]] by the [[Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] (DFLP), killed nine children, three adults and crippled 19. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]], the second-largest PLO faction after [[Fatah|al-Fatah]], carried out [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine#Armed attacks of the PFLP|a number of attacks and plane hijackings]] mostly directed at Israel, most infamously the [[Dawson's Field hijackings]], which precipitated the [[Black September]] crisis.

In 1972, the [[Black September Organization]] carried out the [[Munich massacre]] of Israeli Olympic athletes. In 1974, members of the DFLP seized a school in Israel and killed a total of 26 students and adults and wounded over 70 in the [[Ma'alot massacre]]. The 1975, [[Savoy Hotel attack|Savoy Hotel hostage situation]] killing 8 hostages and 3 soldiers, carried out by Fatah. The 1978, [[Coastal road massacre]] killing 37 Israelis and wounding 76, also carried out by Fatah.