Israel air strikes in Gaza: Will Hamas rocket truce hold? Nov 23, 2009
Following Sunday's bombings, the armed wings of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Islamic Jihad denied they made any such agreement to stop firing rockets into Israel, according to the London-based Arabic-language daily, Al Quds Al Arabi. Yusuf says Palestinian militants have "no interest" in engaging with Israel militarily. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Gaza factions deny deal with Hamas to stop rockets Nov 23, 2009
"There is no unanimous decision to stop the resistance," said Kayed al-Ghoul, a senior leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), told Xinhua. Hamas, which controls Gaza, "proposed the halting of the rockets, but we, the PFLP, did not give our response," al-Ghoul added. (Xinhuanet, China)
Palestinians accuse Clinton of hurting peace talks Nov 2, 2009
"Clinton's statements are an affront to all those who bet on a peace settlement. It is a message to the Arabs that the U.S. would always be on Israel's side," said Maher Taher, the Syrian representative for the Damascus-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Senior Palestinian officials are waiting to see what comes out of Clinton's talks with Arab foreign ministers in Morocco this week. (Florida Today)
Soccer on Gaza's firing line Oct 30, 2009
"Here in the West Bank we have two members of Hamas on the board. We have teams for Hamas, the PFLP [Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]," said Jibril Rajoub, President of the PFA, a former National Security Advisor to Yasser Arafat and a leading member of Fatah recently elected to the Fatah Central Committee. "There is a wall here between politics and factionalism in sport [in the West Bank]. I think the same should happen in Gaza.". (CNN -- World)
Prisoners-for-video swap? Oct 3, 2009
The freed women include members of Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. AFP Digg. (iAfrica.com)
Israel tank shell kills militants Sep 21, 2009
The other man was said to belong to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Hamas has identified its dead member as 21-year-old Abed Hafiz al-Silawi. (BBC News -- Africa)
Israel honours Entebbe operation Sep 11, 2009
The hijackers - from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Baader-Meinhof gang - diverted the Paris-bound plane to Entebbe, where it landed in the early hours of 28 June. Some 245 passengers and 12 crew were herded into the airport's old terminal. (BBC News -- Africa)
Timeline: The golden age of air crimes Aug 28, 2009
1970: In the so-called "Black September" hijackings, five jets, including ones belonging to TWA, Pan Am and Israel's El Al, are commandeered over Europe over a three-day span by a group called the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Three of the five planes are diverted to a remote airstrip in Jordan, rigged with explosives and blown up. (Salon)
Libya welcomes a hero Aug 28, 2009
Immediately following the bombing, there was suspicion that the Iranians or Syrians had commissioned the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command (PFLP-GC) to conduct the bombing. This belief was based on the fact that German authorities had taken down a large PFLP-GC cell in Frankfurt in October 1988 and that one member of the cell had in his possession an IED concealed inside a Toshiba radio. (Asia Times Online)
TRUDY RUBIN: How the Brits got 'compassion' Aug 28, 2009
Cannistraro told me the evidence at first implicated a Damascus-based Palestinian group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine -- General Command (PFLP-GC), which was working on behalf of Iran. Tehran had authorized and funded the bombing, he said, as a reprisal for the accidental U.S. shoot-down of an Iranian civilian airliner over the Persian Gulf in July 1988. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Israeli troops kill 2 militants in Gaza clash May 23, 2009
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility in an e-mail sent to reporters. The military said there were no Israeli casualties in either situation. (Boston Globe)
New Palestinian government sworn in May 20, 2009
When Fayyad's government excludes Hamas, the second largest Palestinian faction after Fatah, which basically not to recognize Fayyad and its resigned caretaker government, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) also said it is confident that it will not join. The large government is made up of 24 members, in which ten portfolios were given to Fatah, including the interior ministry, but Abbas' Fatah party officially boycotted it. (Xinhuanet, China)
PFLP rejects Abbas' plan to form extended gov't May 3, 2009
GAZA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) on Sunday echoed Islamic Hamas movement's rejection of President Mahmoud Abbas' plan to form a new government soon. Rabah Muhana, a PFLP leader in Gaza, said "forming an extended government without a national understanding will boost the internal split and block the dialogue.". (Xinhuanet, China)
AP INVESTIGATION: Terrorist eludes US in Iraq Apr 6, 2009
He has been linked to several terrorist organizations, including Black September and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. 1. (Albany Times Union)
Terrorist eludes U.S. in Iraq Apr 6, 2009
He has been linked to several terrorist organizations, including Black September and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. But it wasn't until Ibrahim broke away from the PFLP in 1979 and formed his own outfit called "15 May" that he began forging his reputation as a master bomb maker, attracting the attention of foreign intelligence services around the globe. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
* Danish activists found guilty of terror over selling FARC and PFLP T-shirts Mar 27, 2009
Denmarks Supreme Court ruled that the six X all members of the Fighters+Lovers collective X were found to have contravened the countrys anti-terror laws by selling T-shirts to help fund the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). All the defendants received suspended prison sentences of between two and six months. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Palestinian official killed in Lebanon bomb attack Mar 24, 2009
Mr. Midhat had many enemies because of the role he had played as a moderator in political disputes, said Marwan Abdulal, an official in another faction known as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. But there are also strong indications that the bombing may have been intended to block the current efforts towards a rapprochement between Hamas and Fatah, said Hilal Khashaan, a professor at the American University in Beirut. (International Herald Tribune)
Palestinian factions optimistic about unity talks Mar 15, 2009
Kayid al-Ghoul, a senior leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), also expressed optimism on Saturday that the ongoing Palestinian dialogue would lead to a Palestinian agreement. The extension of the Palestinian committees' talks signals optimism that the pending issues have more chance to be resolved, al-Ghoul said in an interview with Radio Sawa. (Xinhuanet, China)
PALESTINIAN TALKS Feb 27, 2009
Abdel-Rahim Mallouh, deputy chief of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, tried to dampen expectations of fast solutions. "It has to be clear that we are in the beginning of the road," he said. (AlertNet)
Angry young men Feb 27, 2009
Rabah Mohanna, a political leader with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, one of the smaller militant factions, says the organisation has seen an in increase in the number of people volunteering to carry out suicide bombings since the conflict. KEY REPORTS. (BBC News -- Africa)
2 rockets fired from Lebanon toward Israel Feb 22, 2009
The Syria-based radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine -- General Command denied the group was responsible for Saturday's rocket attack and urged Lebanese authorities to find those who was responsible for the incident. (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
Hamas accepts 18-month truce in Gaza Feb 13, 2009
Jameel al-Majdalawi, a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), said the new Egyptian document "specifies the committees that would be allocated for resolving the differences and it also specifies the references for the compromise." ... Jameel al-Majdalawi, a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), said the new Egyptian document "specifies the committees that would be allocated for resolving the differences and it also... (Xinhuanet, China)
