Terrorism: Israel and the World

More of this Feature • Part 1: Terrorism before Occupation • Part 2: "Land for Terrorism" • Part 3: Terrorism after Palestinian Statehood • Part 4: Radical Islamic Ideology Legitimizes Terrorism • Part 5: Arafat Supports Terrorism • Part 6: Fighting Terrorism   Anti-Israeli Terrorist Groups •  Hizbullah •  Hamas •  Islamic Jihad •  PFLP, PFLP-GC, PFL •  Fatah's Tanzim •  Fatah's Al-Aksa Martyrs' Brigades • Quranic Verses about Jihad  Elsewhere on the Web • Al-Qaida and al-Quran • Arab-Israeli Conflict: Myths and Facts • "Arafat Files" • Declaration of Principles, Oslo 1993 • Documents showing Arafat's Funding of Terrorist Activities • Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) • Palestinian National Authority Map of Palestine • Report on Palestinian Incitement to Violence • U.S. State Department - Background on Terrorist Groups

PFLP, PFLP-GC, PFL

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

Founded in 1967 by George Habash, this Marxist­-Leninist group advocates Pan­Arab revolution and the establishment of a secular democratic state in Palestine.

The PFLP aims to mobilize and lead the struggle of the Palestinian masses for the return to Palestine. This return to Palestine involves defeating the Zionist entity, liberating all of Palestine, and establishing a democratic Palestinian state with a democratic, socialistic society where all citizens enjoy equal rights, free from discrimination on the basis of race, sex, or religious belief.

After Fatah, the PFLP is the most important military and political organization in the Palestinian movement.

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC)

In 1968, Ahmad Jibril, a former captain in the Syrian army, created a new group, the PFLP-GC. This new group splintered from the PFLP because it wanted to focus more on fighting and less on politics. The PFLP-GC has carried out numerous cross-border terrorist attacks into Israel using unusual means, such as hot-air balloons and motorized hang gliders.

Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)

In the mid-1970s, the PLF splintered from the PFLP-GC. The PLF is split into pro­PLO, pro­Syrian, and pro­Libyan factions. The pro­PLO Abu Abbas group is based in Iraq, openly supported Iraq in the Gulf War, and has been responsible for numerous terrorist attacks, including the 1985 attack on the Achille Lauro cruise ship in which U.S. citizen Leon Klinghoffer was murdered.

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