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The PLO managed to overcome the separation by uniting the power in PLO and PA in one individual, Yasser Arafat. In 2002, Arafat held the functions of Chairman of the PLO/Executive Committee; Chairman of Fatah, the dominating faction within the PLO; as well as President of the Palestinian National Authority.
The objective was to push the PLO away from the border and bolster a Lebanese Christian militia allied with Israel, the South Lebanese Army (SLA). [18] On 22 April 1979, Samir Kuntar and three other members of the Palestine Liberation Front, a sometimes faction of the PLO, landed in Nahariya, Israel from Tyre, Lebanon by boat. After killing a ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين General Secretary Ahmad Sa'adat (imprisoned) Deputy General Secretary Jamil Mezher Founder George Habash Founded 1967 ; 58 years ago (1967) Headquarters Damascus, Syria Paramilitary wing Abu Ali ...
Joined the PLO in 1968 and became the second-largest PLO faction, after Arafat's al-Fatah, but withdrew in 1974, accusing the group of moving away from the goal of abolishing the State of Israel. It was led by Abu Ali Mustapha until his assassination in 2001. [133] [134] [135] Armed wing is the Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades and Jihad Jibril ...
The coalition includes both PLO and non-PLO factions, some organizations are listed as terrorist in the West. [2] The group's committee includes representatives of the following organizations: [3] Palestinian National Liberation Movement ; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP); Islamic Resistance Movement ;
In this conflict, it acted alongside the as-Sa'iqa faction of the PLO to support Syrian interests. [13] Already deployed from 1975 in Lebanon, the PLA acted as cover for the Syrian Armed Forces during the start of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon in 1976, as invading Syrian soldiers were dressed in PLA uniforms. [7]
The Democratic Alliance (in Arabic: التحالف الديمقراطي) was an alliance of Palestinian PLO factions during the 1980s. [1] The constituents of the alliance were the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Palestinian Communist Party and the Palestine Liberation Front (Yakub faction).
Ahmad Al-Shuqeiry was the first Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee elected by the Palestinian National Council in 1964, and was succeeded in 1967 by Yahya Hammuda. In February 1969, Yasser Arafat was appointed leader of the PLO. He continued to be PLO leader (sometimes called chairman, sometimes president) until his death in November 2004.