The 1974 Arab League summit was a meeting of the

Arab League The Arab League (, ' ), officially the League of Arab States (, '), is a regional organization in the Arab world. The Arab League was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945, initially with seven members: Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt, Kingdom of Iraq, ...

held in

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, in October 1974. Leaders of twenty Arab countries were present, including King Hussein of

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and

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, together with representatives of the

Palestine Liberation Organization The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ) is a Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinians, Palestinian people in both the occupied Pale ...

(PLO). 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 ... rovidemulti-annual financial aid to the tates in confrontation with Israeland the PLO." The summit shaped the future of the conflict in several ways. First, it forced King

Hussein of Jordan Hussein bin Talal (14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 1952 until Death and state funeral of King Hussein, his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemites, Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of Jordan since 1921, Hu ...

to relinquish his claim to be able to speak for the Palestinians and to acknowledge that a future

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would have to be independent of Jordan. Second, it weakened the position of the United States, whose secretary of state,

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, preferred Hussein over the PLO. A Fatah plot to assassinate Hussein upon his arrival to the summit was uncovered by Moroccan Authorities.

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