It can also refer Adducing to the continuation of conflict Hostile_encounter in this region , beginning Process_start with the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) operations transfer Motion to South Lebanon , following Self_motion Black September in the Kingdom of Jordan .

In earlier conflicts Hostile_encounter prior to the 1982 Israeli invasion Attack , including Operation Litani , Israel attempted to eradicate PLO bases from Lebanon and support Supporting Christian Maronite militias .

The 1982 invasion resulted in Causation the PLO 's departure Departing from Lebanon .

Despite this Israeli success in eradicating PLO bases and its partial withdrawal in 1985 , the Israeli invasion Attack increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the severity of conflict Hostile_encounter with local Lebanese militias and resulted in Causation the consolidation of several local Shia Muslim movements in Lebanon , including Hezbollah and Amal , from a previously unorganized Destroying guerrilla movement in the south .

The attack Attack was planned Arranging by Abu Jihad and carried out Attack by the PLO faction Fatah .

Fatah called Name_conferral the hijacking Kidnapping `` Operation Attack of the Martyr Kamal Adwan '' , after the PLO chief of operations killed Killing in the Israeli commando raid Attack on Beirut in April 1973 .

In response Response , the Israeli military forces launched Process_start Operation Attack Litani against PLO bases in Lebanon three days later .

The War of Attrition ( `` Ḥarb al-Istinzāf '' , `` Milhemet haHatashah '' ) involved Participation fighting between Israel and Egypt , Jordan , PLO and their allies from 1967 to 1970 .

Leaders to twenty Arab countries were present Presence , including King Hussein of Jordan and Anwar Sadat of Egypt , together with representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) .

A unanimous resolution was passed Motion_directional which , for the first time , declared Expressing_publicly the PLO to be the `` sole legitimate Legality representative of the Palestinian people . ''

Furthermore , the Arab League resolved Resolve_problem that the `` oil-rich Arab states ... [ provide Supply ] multi-annual financial aid to the [ states in confrontation with Israel ] and the PLO . ''

[ U.S. Secretary of State Henry ] Kissinger agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act with the Israelis that it was preferable to negotiate Communication with Hussein rather than with the PLO . ''

The Phalanges , allies to the Israeli Defence Forces ( IDF ) , were ordered Request by the IDF to clear out Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) fighters from Sabra and Shatila , as part of the IDF maneuvering into West Beirut .

The Israeli advance over West Beirut in the wake of the PLO withdrawal Action , which enabled Preventing_or_letting the Phalangist raid Attack , was considered Agree_or_refuse_to_act a violation of the ceasefire Process_end agreement between the various forces .