Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
PFLP is a Marxist-Leninist terror group. They unequivocally oppose the existence of Israel in any form. They also oppose any relations or negotiations with Israel. They are responsible for numerous attacks against Israeli citizens. The US, Canada, Israel, and the EU have designated the PFLP as a terrorist organization.
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PFLP member Leila Khaled speaks at the May Day rally arranged by the Communist Party in Stockholm. Photo Credit: Johan Wiman, GFDL. GNU.org via Wikimedia Commons.
PFLP is a Marxist-Leninist terror group.
They unequivocally oppose the existence of Israel within any borders. They oppose any relations or negotiations with Israel. They are responsible for numerous attacks against Israeli citizens. The US, Canada, Israel, and the EU have designated the PFLP as a terrorist organization.
WHEN WAS IT FOUNDED?
The PFLP was founded by George Habash, a Christian Arab, following the 1967 Six-Day War. He believed that the Palestinian cause was a natural ideological ally of Communism.
Photo Credit: PFLP “Al Hadaf” Photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
WHAT DOES THE PFLP DO?
The PFLP has carried out numerous terror attacks and pioneered plane hijackings as part of their political strategy.
Because the PFLP identifies as a Marxist-Leninist organization, they can partner with other groups and “activists” with similar beliefs worldwide.
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PFLP TERROR TIMELINE
September 6th, 1970: PFLP members Leila Khaled and Patrick Arguello attempted to hijack El Al Flight 219 from Amsterdam to NYC.
1. Leila Khaled. Photo Credit: David Segarra via Wikimedia Commons
2. Kōzō Okamoto, one of the perpetrators on trial. Photo Credit: Screenshot, “1972 Lod Airport Massacre Revisited,” i24NEWS English (Youtube)
May 1972: The Japanese Red Army carried out a massacre of 26 in Israel’s Lod (Ben-Gurion) Airport. The PFLP had a heavy hand in planning the attack. Many victims were Puerto Rican Christian pilgrims.
PFLP AIR FRANCE HIJACKING
June 1976: PFLP External Operations, which included German radicals, hijacked an Air France plane and rerouted it to Entebbe, Uganda. Hostages included French, German, American, and Israeli citizens. Four other PFLP members met them at the airport in Entebbe, Uganda. PFLP demanded that Israel release convicted terrorists hailing from their respective countries in return for the hostages’ release. Israel refused to comply.
Eventually, all non-Israeli hostages were released. Israel launched Operation Thunderbolt in July, freeing all Israeli hostages and neutralizing the terrorists responsible.
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PFLP’S MODERN TERROR TIMELINE
October 17, 2001:
Four PFLP members assassinated the Israeli Minister of Tourism Rehavam Ze’evi in a hotel near Hebrew University.
February 16, 2002:
The PFLP orchestrated a suicide bombing in the West Bank village of Karnei Shomron that killed three Israeli civilians.
November 1, 2004:
The PFLP planned a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv’s Carmel Market (carried out by a Palestinian teenager), killing three civilians and injuring dozens.
August 23, 2019:
A PFLP cell targeted a family on a hike near Ein Bubin Spring in the West Bank with a roadside bomb, murdering 17-year- old Rina Shnerb.
Despite this bloodshed, anti- Israel groups like SJP support PFLP and give its members platforms. They praise them on social media and invite them to speak on campus.
NYU, San Francisco State University, and other SJP chapters have repeatedly attempted to host PFLP plane hijacker Leila Khaled.
UC Berkeley’s Bears for Palestine is among many chapters lauding her as an inspiration and a hero.
Photo Credit: Bears for Palestine Instagram
SOURCES
jihadintel.meforum.org/group/99/popular-front-for-the-liberation-of-palestine
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3970995.stm
jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-entebbe-rescue-operation
jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/IDF-Police-arrest-terrorists-who-murdered-Rina-Shnerb-603218
investigativeproject.org/1550/ justice-for-the-victims-of-the-lod-airport-attack
jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-lod-massacre