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The '''Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine''' (PFLP) is a [[Communism|Marxist-Leninist]] terrorist organization and one of the main groups of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]]. It is designated as a terrorist organization by the [[United States]] and the [[European Union]].<ref name="kaufman">Kaufman, Joe (February 23, 2010). [https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/51649/peace-partners-who-never-were-joe-kaufman THE “PEACE PARTNERS” WHO NEVER WERE]. ''FrontpageMag''. Retrieved September 17, 2018.</ref> On its website the organization openly celebrates [[Hezbollah]] and calls for [[Gaza Strip]] to be turned into an Israeli "graveyard." It also declares that it won't respect any PLO agreements with Israel.<ref>[http://www.americansagainsthate.org/PFLP_website.html Americans Against Hate]</ref>
== History ==
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine was established in 1967 by George Habash. It was originally backed by [[Egypt]]ian dictator [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]. The PFLP perpetrated hijackings of airplanes and other terrorist attacks on civilians from its beginnings.<ref name="jvl">[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/popular-front-for-the-liberation-of-palestine-pflp Palestinian Terror Groups: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)]. ''Jewish Virtual Library''. Retrieved September 17, 2018.</ref> Throughout its history some factions splitted from the organization such as the PFLP-General Command. Habash retired from his post and was succeeded by Abū ʿAlī Muṣṭafā, who was killed by Israeli forces in 2001.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Popular-Front-for-the-Liberation-of-Palestine Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]. ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. Retrieved September 17, 2018.</ref>
In February 2010 a joint meeting with members of [[Hamas]] and [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] was held in the offices of the PFLP in order to fight [[Israel]] as a ''unified force''.<ref name="kaufman"/>
== Terrorist attacks ==
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, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=b8k4rEPvq_8C Encyclopedia of modern worldwide extremists and extremist groups]'' (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004) ISBN 0313324859, p. 277</ref>
On February 16, 2002 it perpetrated a suicide bombing attack in a village in the [[West Bank]] which killed three Israeli civilians and wounded 25 more. On December 25, 2003 three Israeli civilians were murdered because of a suicide attack at a bus station in [[Tel Aviv]].<ref name="jvl"/>
== References ==
<references/>
{{Terrorism}}
[[Category:Terrorist Organizations]]
[[Category:Palestine]]
== History ==
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine was established in 1967 by George Habash. It was originally backed by [[Egypt]]ian dictator [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]. The PFLP perpetrated hijackings of airplanes and other terrorist attacks on civilians from its beginnings.<ref name="jvl">[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/popular-front-for-the-liberation-of-palestine-pflp Palestinian Terror Groups: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)]. ''Jewish Virtual Library''. Retrieved September 17, 2018.</ref> Throughout its history some factions splitted from the organization such as the PFLP-General Command. Habash retired from his post and was succeeded by Abū ʿAlī Muṣṭafā, who was killed by Israeli forces in 2001.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Popular-Front-for-the-Liberation-of-Palestine Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]. ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. Retrieved September 17, 2018.</ref>
In February 2010 a joint meeting with members of [[Hamas]] and [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] was held in the offices of the PFLP in order to fight [[Israel]] as a ''unified force''.<ref name="kaufman"/>
== Terrorist attacks ==
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, ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=b8k4rEPvq_8C Encyclopedia of modern worldwide extremists and extremist groups]'' (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004) ISBN 0313324859, p. 277</ref>
On February 16, 2002 it perpetrated a suicide bombing attack in a village in the [[West Bank]] which killed three Israeli civilians and wounded 25 more. On December 25, 2003 three Israeli civilians were murdered because of a suicide attack at a bus station in [[Tel Aviv]].<ref name="jvl"/>
== References ==
<references/>
{{Terrorism}}
[[Category:Terrorist Organizations]]
[[Category:Palestine]]