Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين, al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and revolutionary socialist organization founded in 1967 by George Habash. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation Organization (the PLO, founded in 1964), the largest being Fatah (founded in 1959).
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Connection to the RAF
On 13 October 1977, the PFLP hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181, a Boeing 737 flying from Palma de Mallorca to Frankfurt. After various stopovers the pilot was killed. The remaining passengers and crew were eventually rescued by German counter-terrorism special forces see Mogadishu hijacking.
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See also
- Arab Socialist Action Party
- List of political parties in the State of Palestine
- Palestinian domestic weapons production
- Mohamed Boudia, Carlos the Jackal
- Revolutionare Zellen
- Blekingegade Gang
- Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine
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