Warsaw and the Fedayeen: Wars in the Middle East, Secret Arms Deals and Polish Relations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation, 1967-1976

Przemysław Gasztold

doi:10.1080/14682745.2023.2269100

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Title

Warsaw and the Fedayeen: Wars in the Middle East, Secret Arms Deals and Polish Relations with the Palestine Liberation Organisation, 1967-1976

Authors

Przemysław Gasztold (WBN) ^{[ 1 ][ 6.3 ][ P ]}

^{[ 1 ]} Wydział Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego, Akademia Sztuki Wojennej | ^{[ P ]} employee

Scientific discipline (Law 2.0)

[6.3] Security studies

Year of publication

2024

Published in

Cold War History

Journal year: 2024 | Journal volume: Volume 24 | Journal number: Issue 2

Article type

scientific article

Publication language

english

Keywords

PL

Bliski Wschód
Broń
Handel bronią
Stosunki międzynarodowe
Organizacja Wyzwolenia Palestyny
Palestyna
Zimna wojna
ZSRR

Abstract

EN Poland was the second-to-last country in the Soviet bloc to establish official relations with the PLO – only doing this in March 1976. However, mutual contacts date back to the late 1960s, when Polish military intelligence forged a top-secret relationship with the PLO based around the arms trade. Using a variety of archival sources, this paper seeks to re-assess the relationship between Warsaw and the PLO within the broader framework of Polish policy towards the Middle East from the time of the Six-Day War to the time of opening of the PLO Office in Warsaw in 1976.

Date of online publication

2024

Pages (from - to)

161 - 186

DOI

10.1080/14682745.2023.2269100

URL

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14682745.2023.2269100

Ministry points / journal

140