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...left Palestine either in 1948, when Israel became a state, or in 1967, when Israel moved into the West Bank and Gaza, are dispersed all over the Middle East, in Jordan, in the Emirates, in Saudi Arabia, in Syria, in Lebanon where the guerillas of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) are located. Some Palestinians owe their allegiance to the state in which they live; others recognize the PLO as their spokesman; the allegiance of the Palestinians of the West Bank--which was part of Jordan between 1948 and 1967--is the stake of a contest between the PLO and Jordan...
...attempt by the PLO to unite those fragments and to turn a dispersed people into a nation and a state has of course met with fierce resistance from Israel. The PLO's charter calls for the destruction of Israel; many of the Palestinians in exile come from what is now the state of Israel, and claim a right to return, in which Israel sees a threat to its existence...
...Palestine limited to the West Bank and Gaza is unacceptable to Israel's political leaders, who fear its attraction on Israeli Arabs, and see in it a possible Soviet base, or at least a permanent threat to Israel's security if this state should be controlled by the PLO. Since giving to the occupied Palestinians the right of self-determination could lead to such a state, Israel has refused to grant it. But the PLO, in turn, declines to recognize Israel's existence, as long as Israel does not acknowledge this right and refuses to deal with the PLO...
About a possible meeting with representatives of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), Young said, "I wouldn't make a special effort unless I had something special to talk about...
Young's unauthorized meeting last month with the PLO's U.N. representative created a furor in the United States and Israel which culminated in his resignation from his U.N. post...