Following the 1967 war and the " Three No 's " resolution of the Arab League and during the 1967 – 1970 War of Attrition , Israel faced attacks from the Egyptians in the Sinai Peninsula , and from Palestinian groups targeting Israelis in the occupied territories , in Israel proper , and around the world . Most important among the various Palestinian and Arab groups was the Palestinian Liberation Organization ( PLO ) , established in 1964 , which initially committed itself to " armed struggle as the only way to liberate the homeland " . In the late 1960s and early 1970s , Palestinian groups launched a wave of attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets around the world , including a massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich . The Israeli government responded with an assassination campaign against the organizers of the massacre , a bombing and a raid on the PLO headquarters in Lebanon
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