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unusual facts about Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine



1968 in Israel

23 July – El Al Flight 426 hijacking: The only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft takes place, when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew members and 38 passengers is taken over by three terrorists of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

Left-wing terrorism

The RAF was organized into small isolated cells, and had connections with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Carlos the Jackal.

Palestinian political violence

By early 1970, at least seven Palestinian guerrilla organizations were active in Jordan, one of the most important being the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) led by George Habash.

Patrick Argüello

Patricio José Argüello Ryan (March 1943 – September 6, 1970), known as Patrick Argüello, was a Nicaraguan American who was shot and killed while attempting to hijack El Al Flight 219 in September 1970 as part of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's Dawson's Field hijackings.


see also

AAMB

Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

Abu Ibrahim

Abu Ibrahim Faction, or 15 May Organization, a minor breakout faction from Wadie Haddad's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - External Operations

Predictive profiling

Once, on May 30, 1972, three members of the Japanese Red Army, on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), attacked an Israeli Airport (Lod Airport massacre).

Union of Agricultural Work Committees

In February 2012, both World Vision Australia and AusAid were accused of having provided "financial aid to a Gaza-based terrorist group," the (UAWC), which Shurat HaDin (The Israel Law Center) alleged is a "front for terror group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine."