Editing Palestine Liberation Organization (section)

===PLO operations in Jordan: 1967–1971===
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From 1967 to September 1970 the PLO, with passive support from Jordan, fought a [[War of Attrition|war of attrition]] with Israel. During this time, the PLO launched artillery attacks on the [[moshav]]im and [[kibbutz]]im of [[Emek HaMaayanot Regional Council|Bet Shean Valley Regional Council]], while [[Palestinian fedayeen|fedayeen]] launched numerous attacks on Israeli forces. Israel raided the PLO camps in Jordan, including [[Battle of Karameh|Karameh]], withdrawing only under Jordanian military pressure.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ben-Tzedef|first=Eviatar|title=Inferno at Karameh|work=nfc|access-date=3 September 2008|date=24 March 2008|url=http://www.nfc.co.il/Archive/003-D-28622-00.html?tag=10-27-34|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921135837/http://www.nfc.co.il/Archive/003-D-28622-00.html?tag=10-27-34|archive-date=21 September 2008|url-status=dead|language=he}}</ref>

This conflict culminated in [[Black September|Jordan's expulsion of the PLO]] to Lebanon in July 1971.

The PLO suffered a major reversal with the Jordanian assault on its armed groups, in the events known as [[Black September]] in 1970. The Palestinian groups were expelled from Jordan, and during the 1970s, the PLO was effectively an [[Umbrella organization|umbrella group]] of eight organizations headquartered in [[Damascus]] and [[Beirut]], all devoted to armed struggle against [[Zionism]] or Israeli occupation, using methods which included direct clashing and [[guerrilla warfare]] against Israel. After Black September, the [[Cairo Agreement (1969)|Cairo Agreement]] led the PLO to establish itself in Lebanon.