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After Israeli forces crushed an Arab assault and moved into the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and Syria’s Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East War, Habash formed the PFLP to continue operations against Israelis. It became the second-largest faction within the PLO, after Arafat’s Fatah organization.

After Israeli forces crushed an Arab assault and moved into the West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and Syria’s Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East War, Habash formed the PFLP to continue operations against Israelis. It became the second-largest faction within the PLO, after Arafat’s Fatah organization.

In one of its first operations, an Israeli El Al airliner was hijacked to Algiers in July 1968, forcing the Israelis to free 16 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of the plane and its passengers.''</ref>.

In one of its first operations, an Israeli El Al airliner was hijacked to Algiers in July 1968, forcing the Israelis to free 16 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of the plane and its passengers.''</ref>.

*On July 22, 1968, the PFLP hijacked its first plane, an El Al flight from Rome to Tel Aviv<ref>[https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/pflp-dflp-pflp-gc-palestinian-leftists PFLP, DFLP, PFLP-GC, Palestinian leftists. Last updated October 31, 2005] What terrorist activities has the PFLP undertaken? In its early years, the PFLP conducted hundreds of terrorist attacks. It is best known for pioneering the technique of international airplane hijackings in the late 1960s and 1970s—with consequences that rattled the Middle East:

*On July 22, 1968, the PFLP hijacked its first plane, an El Al flight from Rome to Tel Aviv<ref>[https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/pflp-dflp-pflp-gc-palestinian-leftists PFLP, DFLP, PFLP-GC, Palestinian leftists. Last updated October 31, 2005] What terrorist activities has the PFLP undertaken? In its early years, the PFLP conducted hundreds of terrorist attacks. It is best known for pioneering the technique of international airplane hijackings in the late 1960s and 1970s—with consequences that rattled the Middle East:

*On July 22, 1968, the PFLP hijacked its first plane, an El Al flight from Rome to Tel Aviv.

*On July 22, 1968, the PFLP hijacked its first plane, an El Al flight from Rome to Tel Aviv.

*In September 1970, the PFLP hijacked three passenger planes and took them to airfields in Jordan, where the PLO was then based; after the planes were emptied, the hijackers blew them up. In response, King Hussein of Jordan decided that Palestinian radicals had gone too far and drove the PLO out of his kingdom.

*In September 1970, the PFLP hijacked three passenger planes and took them to airfields in Jordan, where the PLO was then based; after the planes were emptied, the hijackers blew them up. In response, King Hussein of Jordan decided that Palestinian radicals had gone too far and drove the PLO out of his kingdom.

*In 1972, PFLP and Japanese Red Army gunmen murdered two dozen passengers at Israel’s international airport in Lod.

*In 1972, PFLP and Japanese Red Army gunmen murdered two dozen passengers at Israel’s international airport in Lod.

*In 1976, breaking a PLO agreement to end terrorism outside Israeli-held territory, PFLP members joined with West German radical leftists from the Baader-Meinhof Gang to hijack an Air France flight bound for Tel Aviv and landed the plane in Entebbe, Uganda. In a now-famous raid, Israeli commandos stormed the plane on the Entebbe tarmac and freed the hostages.

*In 1976, breaking a PLO agreement to end terrorism outside Israeli-held territory, PFLP members joined with West German radical leftists from the Baader-Meinhof Gang to hijack an Air France flight bound for Tel Aviv and landed the plane in Entebbe, Uganda. In a now-famous raid, Israeli commandos stormed the plane on the Entebbe tarmac and freed the hostages.

*During the Platestinian intifada, PFLP gunmen shot dead Ze’evi, Israel’s rightist tourism minister, in a Jerusalem hotel—the first assassination of an Israeli minister. The group has also claimed responsibility for several recent car bombings and shootings in Israel and the West Bank.  

*During the Platestinian intifada, PFLP gunmen shot dead Ze’evi, Israel’s rightist tourism minister, in a Jerusalem hotel—the first assassination of an Israeli minister. The group has also claimed responsibility for several recent car bombings and shootings in Israel and the West Bank.  

* In April 2002, Israeli officials foiled a PFLP attempt to blow up a Tel Aviv skyscraper with a car bomb—which could have caused massive casualties and would have marked a dramatic escalation in Palestinian terrorism.

* In April 2002, Israeli officials foiled a PFLP attempt to blow up a Tel Aviv skyscraper with a car bomb—which could have caused massive casualties and would have marked a dramatic escalation in Palestinian terrorism.

*The PFLP and its current leader, Ahmed Jibril, were mentioned in the 2005 United Nations report into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, for allegedly assisting senior Lebanese security officials who were implicated in the 2004 car bombing that killed Hariri.</ref>.

*The PFLP and its current leader, Ahmed Jibril, were mentioned in the 2005 United Nations report into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, for allegedly assisting senior Lebanese security officials who were implicated in the 2004 car bombing that killed Hariri.</ref>.

*In 1969, it planted a bomb in a Jerusalem supermarket that killed 2 youths and wounded 20 other people. Also that year, Habash took responsibility for blowing up Tapline, a pipeline owned by the Arab-American Oil Co. that carried oil from Saudi Arabia<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/world/africa/27iht-obits.1.9523942.html George Habash, 82, founder of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. By Edmund L. Andrews and John Kifner. Jan. 27, 2008. The New York Times]</ref>.

*In 1969, it planted a bomb in a Jerusalem supermarket that killed 2 youths and wounded 20 other people. Also that year, Habash took responsibility for blowing up Tapline, a pipeline owned by the Arab-American Oil Co. that carried oil from Saudi Arabia<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/world/africa/27iht-obits.1.9523942.html George Habash, 82, founder of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. By Edmund L. Andrews and John Kifner. Jan. 27, 2008. The New York Times]</ref>.

*Hijacking of various airlines: September 6, 1970 by PFLP and other joined groups<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85M00363R000901960026-3.pdf& Terrorist Hijacking. CIA.gov]</ref><ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/hijacked-1970-hijackings/ 1970 Hijackings, Simultaneous Hijackings, September 6, 1970 - American Experience, PBS]</ref><ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/people-involved-and-affected/ The People Involved and Affected, September 6, 1970 - American Experience, PBS]</ref><ref>[https://www.ict.org.il/Article/948/between-two-septembers#gsc.tab=0 Between Two Septembers: From the bargaining chip of Sept. 1970 to a strategic agent of Sept. 2001. 11/06/2006 | by Avihai, Hillel (Dr.) - ICT]</ref>

*Hijacking of various airlines: September 6, 1970 by PFLP and other joined groups<ref>[https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP85M00363R000901960026-3.pdf& Terrorist Hijacking. CIA.gov]</ref><ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/hijacked-1970-hijackings/ 1970 Hijackings, Simultaneous Hijackings, September 6, 1970 - American Experience, PBS]</ref><ref>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/people-involved-and-affected/ The People Involved and Affected, September 6, 1970 - American Experience, PBS]</ref><ref>[https://www.ict.org.il/Article/948/between-two-septembers#gsc.tab=0 Between Two Septembers: From the bargaining chip of Sept. 1970 to a strategic agent of Sept. 2001. 11/06/2006 | by Avihai, Hillel (Dr.) - ICT]</ref>

Some 2 weeks later, Reuters, NYTimes reported:

Some 2 weeks later, Reuters, NYTimes reported:

''Habash was reported to have been in North Korea on an unexplained mission before his men succeeded in hijacking four Western air liners two weeks ago. The Popular Front is still holding 54 or 55 airliner hostages somewhere in Jordan''<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/23/archives/jordanians-put-a-price-on-the-head-of-habash.html Jordanians Put a Price On the Head of Habash. Sept. 23, 1970, The New York Times]</ref>.

''Habash was reported to have been in North Korea on an unexplained mission before his men succeeded in hijacking four Western air liners two weeks ago. The Popular Front is still holding 54 or 55 airliner hostages somewhere in Jordan''<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/23/archives/jordanians-put-a-price-on-the-head-of-habash.html Jordanians Put a Price On the Head of Habash. Sept. 23, 1970, The New York Times]</ref>.

*In 1976, the PFLP along with the German terrorist ''Revolutionary Cells'' hijacked an Air France flight to [[Entebbe]], [[Uganda]], where they singled out the Jewish passengers in a plot to murder them.<ref>Stephen E. Atkins, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=b8k4rEPvq_8C Encyclopedia of modern worldwide extremists and extremist groups]'' (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004) ISBN 0313324859, p. 277</ref><ref>Jonathan Spyer, "[https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/the-hijackers-of-entebbe-the-full-story-636042 The hijackers of Entebbe - The full story]," The Jerusalem Post, July 23, 2020

*In 1976, the PFLP along with the German terrorist ''Revolutionary Cells'' hijacked an Air France flight to [[Entebbe]], [[Uganda]], where they singled out the Jewish passengers in a plot to murder them.<ref>Stephen E. Atkins, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=b8k4rEPvq_8C Encyclopedia of modern worldwide extremists and extremist groups]'' (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004) ISBN 0313324859, p. 277</ref><ref>Jonathan Spyer, "[https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/the-hijackers-of-entebbe-the-full-story-636042 The hijackers of Entebbe - The full story]," The Jerusalem Post, July 23, 2020

But the undisputed involuntary presence of a number of non-Israeli Jews among the hostages refutes the notion that the hijackers did not also target people of this description among the passengers. Such benign indifference would have been entirely out of character for members of the Revolutionary Cells, given their known targeting of non-Israeli Jews in Germany.</blockquote></ref><ref>Daniel S. Mariaschin, [https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/the-enduring-message-of-the-rescue-at-entebbe/ The enduring message of the rescue at Entebbe], JC, July 7, 2021.<blockquote>At Entebbe, 148 non-Jewish hostages were separated from the 94 Jewish passengers, most of them Israeli nationals, and the Air France crew. The non-Jewish hostages were released within two days; the terrorists made clear the Jewish passengers would be killed if their demands were not met. The Ugandan government, led by its infamous leader Idi Amin, announced its support for the hijackers, punctuated with an appearance by Amin himself in the airport terminal hall in which the hostages were being held.</blockquote></ref>

But the undisputed involuntary presence of a number of non-Israeli Jews among the hostages refutes the notion that the hijackers did not also target people of this description among the passengers. Such benign indifference would have been entirely out of character for members of the Revolutionary Cells, given their known targeting of non-Israeli Jews in Germany.</blockquote></ref><ref>Daniel S. Mariaschin, [https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/the-enduring-message-of-the-rescue-at-entebbe/ The enduring message of the rescue at Entebbe], JC, July 7, 2021.<blockquote>At Entebbe, 148 non-Jewish hostages were separated from the 94 Jewish passengers, most of them Israeli nationals, and the Air France crew. The non-Jewish hostages were released within two days; the terrorists made clear the Jewish passengers would be killed if their demands were not met. The Ugandan government, led by its infamous leader Idi Amin, announced its support for the hijackers, punctuated with an appearance by Amin himself in the airport terminal hall in which the hostages were being held.</blockquote></ref>

*'''1979 Nahariya attack'''

 

*1979 Nahariya attack.<br>

An assault on innocents Jews by the the PLFP including the Lebanese monster Samir Kuntar (also spelt Kantar, Quntar, Qantar).

An assault on innocents Jews by the the PLFP including the Lebanese monster Samir Kuntar (also spelt Kantar, Quntar, Qantar).