Black September
Black September Black September is both the name of Jordan’s war on the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) in the early seventies and the name of Palestinian terrorist movement created in revenge of the aftermath of Palestinian losses of the war in Jordan. Black September was a movement created by a break away Palestinian faction of Fatah. Fatah Is a Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the PLO. In Palestinian politics it is a more liberal group on the left wing of the spectrum, it is mainly a nationalistic group with some traits of socialism. Fatah’s goal was to have liberation of Palestine and eradication of the Zionist existence.
Fatah is not considered a terrorist group by any government. In the late 1960’s tensions between Palestinians and the Jordan government increased dramatically. With the amount of Arab resistance in Jordan the country basically became a state within a state, they eventually took hold of many strategic positions throughout the country. After their victory in the battle of Karameh, Fatah and other Palestinian militias began taking control of citizens in some areas. They set up roadblocks, molested women and created illegal taxes to the Jordan people, which was ignored by Chairman of the PLO. In 1970, the Jordan Government fought to regain control over its lost territory, and King Hussein declared martial law on September 25th. The Jordan government had taken back much of what was lost, and was dominating in battle, so on the 27th of September Arafat and Hussein agreed to a ceasefire. The Jordan army inflicted mass numbers of casualties against the Palestinians- including 3500 civilians. Two thousand of the Fatah members made their way to the groups headquarters in Syria. In the 60’s and 70’s Fatah provided training to a wide range of European, middle eastern, and Asian insurgent groups that were aimed to take out many Israeli targets. Some militant groups were affiliated with Fatah and
Fatah is not considered a terrorist group by any government. In the late 1960’s tensions between Palestinians and the Jordan government increased dramatically. With the amount of Arab resistance in Jordan the country basically became a state within a state, they eventually took hold of many strategic positions throughout the country. After their victory in the battle of Karameh, Fatah and other Palestinian militias began taking control of citizens in some areas. They set up roadblocks, molested women and created illegal taxes to the Jordan people, which was ignored by Chairman of the PLO. In 1970, the Jordan Government fought to regain control over its lost territory, and King Hussein declared martial law on September 25th. The Jordan government had taken back much of what was lost, and was dominating in battle, so on the 27th of September Arafat and Hussein agreed to a ceasefire. The Jordan army inflicted mass numbers of casualties against the Palestinians- including 3500 civilians. Two thousand of the Fatah members made their way to the groups headquarters in Syria. In the 60’s and 70’s Fatah provided training to a wide range of European, middle eastern, and Asian insurgent groups that were aimed to take out many Israeli targets. Some militant groups were affiliated with Fatah and