noun
a Palestinian political and military organization founded by Yasser Arafat in 1958 to work toward the creation of a Palestinian state; during the 1960s and 1970s trained terrorist and insurgent groups
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al-Fatah carried out numerous acts of international terrorism in western Europe and the Middle East in the 1970s
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Regions:
↑Israel, ↑State of Israel, ↑Yisrael, ↑Zion, ↑Sion, ↑Jordan, ↑Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, ↑Palestine
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑political movement, ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
• Member Holonyms: ↑Palestine Liberation Organization, ↑PLO
Useful english dictionary. 2012.