noun
a terrorist group organized by Yasser Arafat in 1995 as the armed wing of al-Fatah; serves a dual function of violent confrontation with Israel and serves as Arafat's unofficial militia to prevent rival Islamists from usurping leadership
• Syn: ↑Tanzim
• Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act
• Regions: ↑Israel, ↑State of Israel, ↑Yisrael, ↑Zion, ↑Sion
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑terrorist organization, ↑terrorist group, ↑foreign terrorist organization, ↑FTO
Useful english dictionary. 2012.