Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine–General Command
Palestinian political organization
Also known as: PFLP–GC, PFLP–General Command
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Palestine
- In Palestine: Fatah and other guerrilla organizations
…Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine–General Command (PFLP–GC, a splinter group from the PFLP), and al-Ṣāʿiqah (backed by Syria). These groups joined forces inside the PLO despite their differences in ideology and tactics (some were dedicated to openly terrorist tactics). In 1969 Yasser Arafat,…
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Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- In Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
…independent factions, most notably the PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC) established in 1968 by Aḥmad Jibrīl. Each of these factions engaged in guerrilla activity against Israel and often undertook acts of terrorism against the Jewish state and Western interests. The PFLP itself carried out or organized many notorious attacks against Israeli and…
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