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 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

The PLF is a Palestinian organization centered in Lebanon. It was set up in April 1977 as a result of a split in the the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine - General Command led by Ahmad Jibril. The new organization was headed by Muhammad Zaidan (Abu Abbas) and Tal'at Ya'akub.



The organization split again into three small organizations in 1983-1984. Each faction continued to carry the original name and each claimed to represent the mother-organization. In November 1989 Abu Abbas's and Tal'at Ya'akub's factions reunited again, after Tal'at Ya'akub's death. The general secretary, Abu Abbas, was elected to the PLO's executive committee and the organization became in fact a satellite of Fatah.



The PLF staged a strategy of "armed struggle" against Israel, mainly by terrorist attacks through the Lebanese border. The Abu Abbas faction was responsible for the famous hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship in 1985 and the 1990 failed seaborne attack against the Israeli coast, both acts which embarrassed the PLO leadership. After the Oslo agreement the main PLF faction accepted PLO's policy of stopping terrorist activity against Israel.

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the second-largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), has decided to boycott the upcoming meeting of the Palestinian National Council (PNC), scheduled to be held April 30 in Ramallah. Zulfiqar Sawirjo ...
Abu Hussein worked for Radio Shaab, a well-known radio station seen as close to the left-wing Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) party, as well as being a photographer for a local news agency. His body was later transferred to Gaza, health officials said, ahead of a Thursday funeral.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has said that Palestinian Authority, PLO and Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas does not have a national programme, Quds Press reported on Monday. A source close to the organisation's political bureau revealed that it has made a “final decision” not ...
The PFLP plane hijackings in the early 1970s indeed achieved international recognition of the existence of the Palestinian problem, but so far this recognition hasn't led anywhere. The only practical outcome has been the security screenings at airports everywhere around the world — and thank you, ...
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Jamil Mizher, member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and leader of its branch in Gaza. “We pay tribute to the martyrs who rose today, on Land Day, in the mass rallies for return that brought ...
A member of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Laila Khaled confirmed that the Front will not participate in the Palestinian National Council (PNC) meeting scheduled for April, 30th in the city of Ramallah. “It is not possible to convene the Palestinian National ...

He quotes Palestinian NGOs Addameer and Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCI-P), both of which are closely associated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The PFLP is designated as a terrorist organization by the US, EU, Canada and Israel. Addameer is relied ...
They were seized after the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine carried out the assassination of far-right, racist extremist Zionist tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi in retaliation for the Israeli assassination of PFLP General Secretary Abu Ali Mustafa; like the attack on Jericho, the ...
The Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) announced on Wednesday that it is boycotting the planned meeting of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) set to be held on 30 April in Ramallah, Quds Press has reported. “We will not attend the meeting of the PNC for the same reasons that ...
... such as Fateh, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and splinter groups. The PNC, as well as the PLO, had been marginalised since the signing of a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian leadership in 1993.
The leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Maher Al-Taher, called on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and all Arab leaders to “stand by the Palestinian people and support their struggle.” In an interview with Quds Press, Al-Taher said that “all Palestinian people reject ...
In 2013 Carlos accepted “political and operational responsibility” for attacks in Europe committed by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) between 1970 and 1980, claiming: “It was war. Our comrades were being killed every day … I am a hero of the Palestinian resistance and I am the ...
After hosting a gathering in honor of convicted terrorist Rasmeah Odeh, the Verrekijker Center was abruptly closed down by the Vrije Universiteit (VU) in Amsterdam, the institution announced on Wednesday. The fact that Odeh is a convicted Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist who ...
A NEW initiative called Pacific Fisheries Leadership Programme (PFLP) will see more well-managed and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture in the region that will result in increased economic and food security. The initiative — which was launched by the Pacific Community (SPC) and the New Zealand ...
Although Palestinians were not involved in the events, a few hours after them, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Popular Resistance Movement and the Palestinian Freedom Movement declared their ...
Havana, Cuba — Three students took to the stage, the girl in a black traditional Palestinian robe embroidered with tiny hand-threaded red squares, the two boys donning the white and black checkered scarves of Palestine. The three twriled and jumped, kicking their legs in the air the same way their ...
Organized by Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, the event featured a recorded address from Leila Khaled, member of the PFLP's Political Bureau, and a live stream with Khaled Barakat, international coordinator of the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat. The speakers discussed the history of ...

“We highly appreciate the PFLP position and consider it a historic position that comes in line with national responsibility and concern over the march towards ... The PFLP, as well as Hamas and Islamic Jihad, were seeking to convene the National Assembly abroad with the participation of all members and unions, but Fatah ...
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine strongly condemned the U.S.- British-French imperialist aggression which targeted Syria with its barbaric missiles on the night of April ...
GAZA, Palestine: A Palestinian Liberation Organization faction said Thursday it would not attend a meeting of the most important Palestinian political congress in years, because it wants more factions to be included. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said it will boycott the rare Palestinian ...
RAMALLAH, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The left-wing Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) announced Thursday it will boycott the upcoming session of the Palestinian National Council (PNC). The PFLP said in a press statement that it will boycott the upcoming PNC meeting, despite "it's keenness on ...
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) joined Hamas in opposing the meeting. Zulfiqar Sweirjo, PFLP member of the Central Committee, declared that his party will not take part in the meeting. He stressed the PFLP upholds unity when it comes to PLO representation and will not play any ...
RAMALLAH, April 23, 2018 (WAFA) – The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), one of founders of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said on Monday that it categorically rejects attempts by some groups and factions to convene an alternate meeting from the Palestinian National ...


 

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