The leader of the El Fatah terrorist organization vowed in Cairo yesterday that he would escalate guerrilla warfare against Israel until it became a “popular war of liberation.” it was reported here.
Yassir Arafat spoke to newsmen following his election as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), an amalgam of several guerrilla bands and Arab refugees from Israel-occupied territories.
Mr. Arafat said armed force was the only solution to the Arab-Israel dispute for the Palestinians and ruled out “all political solutions.” The semi-official Cairo newspaper Al Ahram commented today that Arafat’s orders would be the topic of meetings in refugee camps in Jordan. The PLO was easily and rapidly overcome during the Six-Day War by Israeli forces. It was directed at the time by Ahmed Shukairy.
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