Representing a “terrorist organisation” in Europe: the case of the PLO (1967-1974)

Abstract

In the late 1960s, the Palestine Liberation Organization can boast of
significant diplomatic support on the international scene. The Arab States,
the socialist countries, but also the majority of non-aligned countries
support the cause of the Palestinians. Yet the PLO remains for European
governments an essentially terrorist organization. But this does not prevent
the organization from having representatives in European capitals. This
article presents the conditions of representation of these actors, whose
ambiguous statutes pushed them to seek other diplomatic ways to defend
the Palestinian cause.