| Seventh Arab League summit | |
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| Host country | Morocco |
| Date | October 1974 |
| Cities | Rabat |
| Chair | KingHassan II of Morocco |
| Follows | 1973 Arab League summit |
| Precedes | 1976 Arab League summit (Riyadh) |
The1974 Arab League summit was a meeting of theArab League held inRabat,Morocco, in October 1974. Leaders of twenty Arab countries were present, includingKing Hussein ofJordan andAnwar Sadat ofEgypt, together with representatives of thePalestine 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 KingHussein of Jordan to relinquish his claim to be able to speak for the Palestinians and to acknowledge that a futurePalestinian 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]
AFatah plot to assassinate Hussein upon his arrival to the summit was uncovered by Moroccan Authorities.[8]
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