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| The '''Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine''' is a Marxist ] Arab terrorist organization, founded after the ] in 1967. | The '''Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine''' is a Marxist ] Arab terrorist organization, founded after the ] in 1967. | ||
| In 1968, the PFLP joined the ] (PLO), the largest of the Palestinian terrorist organisations . The PFLP became the second-largest PLO faction, after ]'s own ]murderors . It withdrew from the PLO in ], accusing the ] of moving away from the goal of destroying ] outright in favor of a ] opposed by the PFLP leadership. | In 1968, the PFLP joined the ] (PLO), the largest of the Palestinian terrorist organisations . The PFLP became the second-largest PLO faction, after ]'s own ] murderors . It withdrew from the PLO in ], accusing the ] of moving away from the goal of destroying ] outright in favor of a ] opposed by the PFLP leadership. | ||
| PFLP was led by ] from 1968 until 2000. At the PFLP's Sixth National Conference he stepped down as general secretary. ] was then elected general secretary. | PFLP was led by ] from 1968 until 2000. At the PFLP's Sixth National Conference he stepped down as general secretary. ] was then elected general secretary. | ||
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Marxist Palestinian Arab terrorist organization, founded after the Six-Day War in 1967.
In 1968, the PFLP joined the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the largest of the Palestinian terrorist organisations . The PFLP became the second-largest PLO faction, after Yasser Arafat's own al-Fatah murderors . It withdrew from the PLO in 1974, accusing the umbrella group of moving away from the goal of destroying Israel outright in favor of a binational solution opposed by the PFLP leadership.
PFLP was led by George Habash from 1968 until 2000. At the PFLP's Sixth National Conference he stepped down as general secretary. Abu Ali Mustafa was then elected general secretary.
Mustafa was killed August 27th, 2001 when an Israeli helicopter fired rockets at his office in the town of Ramallah in Samaria, Israel. PFLP gunmen murdered Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi in November 17, 2001 as an act of revenge.
Ahmed Sadat subsequently became the organisation's new leader on October 3rd, 2001. In January of 2002, he was arrested by the Palestinian Authority.
Two factions that broke away from PFLP are Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC) and Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP).