Backgrounder: Palestine Liberation Organization

Xinhua News Agency | January 8, 2005 | Copyright

Backgrounder: Palestine Liberation Organization

BEIJING, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The election for the chairman of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is due to be held Sunday when Palestinian voters will choose a successor to late leader Yasser Arafat.

Mahmoud Abbas, chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) Executive Committee, is the leading contender among a total of seven candidates vying for the post.

Following is some basic information about the PLO.

Founded in May 1964 in Jerusalem, the PLO is a political organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment ...

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