al-Fatah -- Faction
al-Saiqa -- Faction
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) -- Faction
Hezbollah -- Ally
Islamic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (IFLP) -- Faction
Lebanese National Resistance Front -- Other Affiliation
Palestine Liberation Front -- Faction
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) -- Rival
Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PSF) -- Faction
Palestinian Revolution Forces General Command -- Faction
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) -- Faction

Taxes levied on Palestinians, some foreign aid, and the financial resources of its constituent members

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is a Palestinian umbrella organization dedicated to creating an independent Palestinian nation-state.  The PLO umbrella includes many of the key Palestinian political groups and terrorist organizations.  According to one of its original leaders, circa 1964, the PLO's goal was to "drive the Jews into the sea."  Thus, the group's original goals were to destroy the Israeli state.  Since its founding, the PLO has significantly altered its rhetoric and goals.  The current view of the PLO is that Israel has the right to exist if an independent Palestinian state is established on part of the "historic lands of Palestine."  While the PLO is an umbrella organization, it does not necessarily support the goals of all its constituent members, which include terrorist organizations devoted to Marxist goals, world-revolution objectives, and the destruction of Israel.  However, the PLO is a nationalist organization that has used terrorism in pursuit of its goals.  <P>  The PLO was originally formed by the Arab League in 1964.  Consequently from 1964 to 1967, the PLO was largely under the control of the founding Arab states.  Following the six-day war in 1967, the Arab states controlling the PLO lost much of their legitimacy.  Yasir Arafat, of the terrorist organization al-Fatah, took advantage of the resulting power vacuum and was elected chairman of the PLO in 1969.  In addition to al-Fatah, several other guerrilla organizations also gained power within PLO at this time.  The PLO umbrella contains several significant terrorist organizations, such as al-Fatah, Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLFP), Hawari Group, and Force 17.