Its first leader was leftist [[Ahmed Shukairy]] (Ahmed Shukairy / Shukeiri)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/47754873/ The Progress-Index from Petersburg, Virginia, June 13,1967, p.4]: ''Palestine Liberation Group Badly Mauled. By Michael Goldsmith, Beirut, Lebanon (AP). The Arab defeat in the Middle East war leaves a big question mark over the future of the Pafestine Liberation Organization and its '''firebrand leader -leftist Ahemd Shukairy'''. Shukairy narrowly escaped capture by Israeli forces in Jerusalem and many of his "Liberation Army" are now prisoners of the Israelis. "We will wipe Israel off the face of the map and no Jew will survive," Shukairy declared two days before the war broke out June 5. He vowed to lead the vanguard of his troops into the Israeli sector of Jerusalem and set up a "purely Arab government" there for all of Palestine.''</ref>. | Its first leader was leftist [[Ahmed Shukairy]] (Ahmed Shukairy / Shukeiri)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/47754873/ The Progress-Index from Petersburg, Virginia, June 13,1967, p.4]: ''Palestine Liberation Group Badly Mauled. By Michael Goldsmith, Beirut, Lebanon (AP). The Arab defeat in the Middle East war leaves a big question mark over the future of the Pafestine Liberation Organization and its '''firebrand leader -leftist Ahemd Shukairy'''. Shukairy narrowly escaped capture by Israeli forces in Jerusalem and many of his "Liberation Army" are now prisoners of the Israelis. "We will wipe Israel off the face of the map and no Jew will survive," Shukairy declared two days before the war broke out June 5. He vowed to lead the vanguard of his troops into the Israeli sector of Jerusalem and set up a "purely Arab government" there for all of Palestine.''</ref>. |