This Organization does not exercise any territorial sovereignty over the West Bank in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on the Gaza Strip or in the Himmah Area. Its activities will be on the national popular level in the liberational, organizational, political and financial fields.
It should be noted that both Jordan and Egypt acquired the above noted territories as the spoils of war when they participated along with other neighboring Arab states in launching an all out war in 1948 to “push the Jews into the sea”.
In 1968, the Palestinian Liberation Organization amended their original charter in order that Article 24, as originally written concerning the non-interest in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, was wiped from the Charter and a new definition could reflect the new realities on the ground. The PLO chose to implicitly define the boundaries of a Palestinian Arab homeland in the 1968: The new charter reads as follows:
Article 1: Palestine is the homeland of the Arab Palestinian people.
Article 2: Palestine, with the boundaries it had during the British Mandate, is an indivisible territorial unit.
The new and improved Charter was thought an absolute necessity in order to accurately reflect the new territory that came into Israeli possession during the 1967 Six Days War. The 1968 Charter has never been amended and currently the PLO Charter still reflects that the Palestinian homeland must include all the territory that makes up the Israeli state.
The deadline set by the Palestinians kidnappers for the release of any information concerning the condition of kidnapped Israeli soldier Cpl. Shalit without Israel compliance. All in all, there is something surreal to find the Israelis being forced to launch an offensive for the return of Corporal Shalit in territory the Palestinian Liberation Organization claimed to have no territorial sovereignty or aspirations for.
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