This story begins in the early years of the 20th century when Jewish refugees immigrated to Palestine eventually founding the state known as Israel. This area of Palestine was under British control for nearly thirty years after the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the year 1918. As conflict continued to increase the United Nations proposed a solution in `947 separating Palestine into two distinct areas for Jews and Arabs This United Nation proposal never took place and on May 14, 1948 British troops began to leave the area known as Palestine. As British troops dispersed a Jew known as David Ben Gurion proclaimed the state of Israel. This hostile proclamation of Israel led Arab armies such as Egypt, Syria, and Jordan to storm

On 9 September 1993, in letters to Israeli Prime Minister Rabin and Norwegian Foreign Minister Holst, PLO Chairman Arafat committed the PLO to cease all violence and terrorism. On 13 September 1993, the Declaration of Principles between the Israelis and Palestinians was signed in Washington, DC. We have no information that any PLO element under Arafat's control was involved in terrorism from that time through 1995. (There were two incidents in 1993 in which the responsible individuals apparently acted independently.) One group under the PLO umbrella, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), suspended its participation in the PLO in protest of the agreement and continues its sporadic campaign of violence. The US Government continues to monitor closely PLO compliance with its commitment to abandon terrorism and violence.

At first the PLO was an umbrella for six Palestinian organizations that included constituent groups and individuals holding different views on terrorism. The PLO consists of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), Al Saiqi, and The Arab Liberation Front. In 1968 the PLO began a more military approach when Yasir Arafat, the leader of al-Fatah, was elected as chairman. Al-Fatah was established by a group of young Gazans in the year 1956. Yassir Arafat began as a young terrorist in this group and eventually became its leader in 1968. Through the use of armed forces the PLO was dedicated to the di

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