PLO leader Yasser Arafat's open criticism of…

September 1970 CE

PLO leader Yasser Arafat's open criticism of the parties accepting the truce leads Nasser to close down the Voice of Palestine radio station in Cairo and to terminate most of the material support Egypt provides to the PLO

In addition, many PLO activists are expelled from Egypt.

Within a month, the guerrillas have effectively undermined progress on the Rogers Plan by a series of acts, including the hijacking of five international airplanes in early September 1970, thus triggering the Jordanian civil war in this month.

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Cairo > Al-Qahirah Al-Qahirah Egypt View →

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Gamal Abdel Nasser View → William P. Rogers View → Yasser Arafat View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), or Soviet Union View → Lebanon, Republic of View → Arab League, or League of Arab States View → Palestinians View → Israel View → Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of View → United Arab Republic (U.A.R.; Arab Republic of Egypt) View → PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) View →

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Cold War View → Palestinian Guerilla Raids View → Black September in Jordan View →

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Government View → Custom and Law View → political movement View →

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