hijacked three aircraft, and made the pilots land of a disused airfield in the country of Jordan. There were 475 hostages. The hijackers called an exchange for some Palestinian prisoners for the hostages. Seven Palestinian prisoners were released, then the hostages were freed and the planes were blown up. (Terrorism, pg 42)In 1974 Yasser Arafat came to the conclusion that ‘international’ terrorism was not helping the cause. He promised that from then on, the PLO would only attack Israeli military targets. Parts of the PLO did not agree with Arafat and broke off and formed other groups. One of these groups was the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO). They believed in killing any Israeli, also citizens from Israeli-friendly countries. They also tried to kill Arabs like Arafat, whom they considered traitors. The ANO were responsible for 900 deaths between 1974 and 1992. They were responsible for the death of the Israeli ambassador to Britain in London.(The Terrorism Reader, pg 89)Indeed then it can be said that terrorism has had a very important role in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The conflict is not just about a homeland it is also about religion. Islamic fundamentalists are responsible most of the religious Terrorism carried out in the Middle East. They believe that the law of Islam is a perfect and divine law. The Islamic fundamentalists hate the Israelis because they occupy sacred Islamic land. Their hate for western countries is mainly because they support their enemies, Israel. They blame ‘US Imperialism’ when countries such as Islamic Egypt (a US friendly country) disobey the Islamic Law. The aim of the Islamic fundamentalists is to cleanse these countries from outside influence and help their return to the purity of the Islam religion.Despite the violence and terrorism that has claimed the lives of too many innocent people, the end of the Arab-Israeli conflict is not in sight.The IRA is one of the most well known t...
