The PLO's Hidden War: Yasser Arafat’s Early Years

While the Six-Day War reshaped borders, a new kind of struggle was brewing in refugee camps. This episode explores the origins of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the rise of Yasser Arafat. We look at how Fatah emerged from the ashes of the 1948 Nakba, focusing on the guerrilla tactics of the fedayeen and the ideological shift away from traditional Arab state politics. Through the lens of the Al-Shifa hospital family connections and the early raids into Israel, we uncover how a fragmented resistance coalesced into a political force that would define the next half-century of Middle Eastern conflict.

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