1974 Arab League summit

Seventh Arab League summit

Host country| Morocco
Date| October 1974
Cities| Rabat
Chair| King Hassan II of Morocco
Follows| 1973 Arab League summit
Precedes| 1976 Arab League summit (Riyadh)

The 1974 Arab League summit was a meeting of the Arab League held in Rabat, Morocco, in October 1974. Leaders of twenty Arab countries were present, including King Hussein of Jordan and Anwar Sadat of Egypt, together with representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).[1][2][3]

A unanimous resolution was passed, which, for the first time, declared the PLO to be the "sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people". Furthermore, the Arab League resolved that the "oil-rich Arab states ... [provide] multi-annual financial aid to the [states in confrontation with Israel] and the PLO."[4][5]

The summit shaped the future of the conflict in several ways. First, it forced King Hussein of Jordan to relinquish his claim to be able to speak for the Palestinians and to acknowledge that a future Palestinian state would have to be independent of Jordan. Second, it weakened the position of the United States, whose secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, preferred Hussein over the PLO.[6][7]

A Fatah plot to assassinate Hussein upon his arrival to the summit was uncovered by Moroccan Authorities.[8]

## See also[edit]

* Arab League boycott of Israel

## References[edit]

1. ^ "PLO sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people - LAS Rabat Summit - resolution". Question of Palestine. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
2. ^ "Le " sommet " de Rabat consacre le droit des Palestiniens d'établir un "pouvoir national sur tout territoire libéré". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1974-10-30. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
3. ^ "Les décisions du sommet arabe de Rabat (octobre 1974)". Association France Palestine Solidarité (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-06.
4. ^ Sela, Avraham. "Arab Summit Conferences." The Continuum Political Encyclopedia of the Middle East. Ed. Sela. New York: Continuum, 2002. pp. 158–160
5. ^ "Profile: Arab League - Timeline". BBC News. 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
6. ^ Bickerton, Ian J., and Carla L. Klausner. A Concise History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2002. p. 176
7. ^ Al-Bashatawi, Emad Rifa’at (2020). "Yasser Arafat's Policy Towards Jordan (1968-1974) A Study in the Palestinian-Jordan Documents". Mustansiriyah Journal of Arts. 44 (89/ القسم الأول / الإنسانيات).
8. ^ Shlaim 2009, p. 383.

* Shlaim, Avi (2009). Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace. Vintage Books. ISBN 9781400078288.

## External links[edit]

* The Rabat Summit Conference
* Seventh Arab League Summit Conference, Resolution on Palestine
* King Hussein's address to the nation

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