Al-Amari refugee camp, one of the largest in the West Bank.It is the 50th birthday of the Palestine Liberation Organization, but no one seems to know it.The PLO, made up of nearly a dozen parties, signed the Oslo Accords in 1993.The internationally recognized representative of the Palestinian people, it also declared Palestinian independence in 1988.It has also experienced setbacks. Its dominant member, Fatah, was expelled from Gaza by Hamas militants seven years ago.And the PLO was driven from Jordan and Lebanon in the 1970s and ‘80s.But Executive Committee Member Qais Abdul-Karim Abu-Laila says the PLO has played an important role.“The main thing is the PLO has reconstructed the political unity of the Palestinian peopleand in this way it has foiled the attempt by the Zionist movement to obliterate the Palestinians as a distinct nation," said Abu-Laila.But at al-Amari camp, many are disillusioned. Ahmed Moussa belongs to the Popular Committee that tries to help the residents.He says the PLO has declined since of the rise of the Palestinian Authority and Islamist movements like Hamas.“Since the Palestinian Authority has taken over the role as the representative of the Palestinian people,
