Palestinian terrorism refers to acts of violence committed for political reasons by Palestinians or Palestinian militant groups. Palestinian groups that support and carry out politically-motivated violent acts have included Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the Abu Nidal Organization. When directed against civilians, such violence is frequently labeled as terrorism. [1] The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... Hamas (Arabic: ; acronym: Arabic: , or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement,[1]) is a Palestinian Sunni Muslim militant organization. ... Islamic Jihad (Arabic: ‎, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami) is a terrorist Islamist group based in the Syrian capital, Damascus. ... Fatah (Arabic: ); a reverse acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (literally: Palestinian National Liberation Movement) is a major secular Palestinian political party and the largest organization in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a generally secular multi-party confederation. ... The Al_Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (كتائب شهداء الاقصى) are one of the militias of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafats al_Fatah faction. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين - القيادة العامة) is a left-wing Palestinian nationalist organization, backed by Syria. ... The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) (Arabic: الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين, transliterated Al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiya Li-Tahrir Filastin) is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist, secular political and military organization. ... Abu Nidal in 1976 in a photograph released by the Israeli Defense Forces, one of only a handful of photographs of him known to exist. ... Terrorist redirects here. ...

The United States^[1] and European Union^[2] have designated the Abu Nidal Organisation, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Palestine Liberation Front, the PFLP and PFLP-GC as terrorist organisations. A United States Congress decision from 1987 determined that the PLO was also a terrorist organization^[3] (this decision was de facto reversed with the 1993 Oslo accords). Like much terrorism, the perpetrators say that their attacks are justified, while the state targeted says otherwise. Created by a split from the Fatah in 1974, the Abu Nidal Organization (officially named Fatah - the Revolutionary Council) is an international organization named for its founder Abu Nidal. ... The Al_Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (كتائب شهداء الاقصى) are one of the militias of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafats al_Fatah faction. ... Hamas (Arabic: ; acronym: Arabic: , or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement,[1]) is a Palestinian Sunni Muslim militant organization. ... Islamic Jihad (Arabic: ‎, Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami) is a terrorist Islamist group based in the Syrian capital, Damascus. ... The Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) (جبهة التحرير الفلسطينية) is a militant Palestinian group which is designated by the United States and European Union [1] as a terrorist organization. ... The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (Arabic Al-Jabhah al-Shabiyyah Li-Tahrir Filastin الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين) is a secular, Marxist-Leninist, nationalist Palestinian... The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command is a left-wing Palestinian nationalist organization. ... The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah منظمة تحرير فلسطينية ) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the... Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993. ... Terrorist redirects here. ...

Early terrorism

1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. A Jewish bus equipped with wire screens to protect against rock, glass, and grenade throwing. The Jewish community adopted the policy of restraint

During the British mandate in Palestine, Arab terrorism directed against the British and against Jewish settlement included the Jerusalem pogrom of April, 1920, the riots in Palestine of May, 1921, the 1929 Hebron massacre and Safed massacre, and the 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. Prominent leaders of the Palestinian groups were Sheikh Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, who was shot and killed by English soldiers, and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Haj Amin Al-Husseini, who was fleed the country. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 438 pixelsFull resolution (890 × 487 pixel, file size: 201 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 438 pixelsFull resolution (890 × 487 pixel, file size: 201 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine... The 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine was an uprising during the British mandate by Palestinian Arabs in Palestine which lasted from 1936 to 1939. ... The Great Uprising in Palestine. ... Flag The approximate borders of the British Mandate circa 1922. ... This article describes violent events in the Old City of Jerusalem in April 4-7, 1920. ... On May 1, 1921, a scuffle began in Tel Aviv-Jaffa between rival groups of Jewish Bolsheviks, carrying Yiddish banners demanding Soviet Palestine, and Socialists parading on May Day. ... The Hebron massacre of 1929 was the murder by Arab rioters of 67 Jews in Hebron, then part of the Palestine under the British mandate. ... Sign directing to the section in Safeds cemetery where the Jews murdered in 1929 are buried . The 1929 Safed massacre took place on 29 August during the 1929 Palestine riots. ... The 1936-1939 Arab revolt in Palestine was an uprising during the British mandate by Palestinian Arabs in Palestine which lasted from 1936 to 1939. ... -1... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A Mufti (Arabic: مفتى ) is an Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law (Sharia), capable of issuing fataawa (plural of fatwa). // Role of a Mufti in governments In theocracies like Saudi Arabia and Iran, and in some countries where the constitution is based on sharia law, such... Mohammad Amin al-Husayni Mohammad Amin al-Husayni (ca. ...

See also: List of terrorist attacks against Israel before 1967

Using documentary evidence from IDF archives Israeli historian Benny Morris has concluded that the majority of Palestinians killed on the border between 1949 and 1956 were unarmed migrants: Arab violence was rampant during wave of anti-Jewish riots in 1920-21, during the pogroms of 1929 (which included the massacre of the Jewish community in Hebron and Safed), during the Arab Revolt of 1936-39 (which included the massacre of Jewish community in Tiberias), and in many other... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Israeli security forces killed some 400 infiltrators a year in 1951, 1952 and 1953. At least a similar number and probably far more were killed in 1950, and 1,000 or more in 1949. At least 100 (and perhaps many more) were killed during 1954-6. Thus, upward of 2,700 Arab infiltrators and perhaps as many as 5,000, were killed by the IDF, police, and civilians along Israel's borders between 1949 and 1956. To judge from the available documentation, the vast majority of those killed were unarmed 'economic' and social infiltrators.^[4]

Throughout the period 1949-56 the Egyptian government opposed the movement of refugees from the Gaza strip into Israel, but following the IDF's Gaza Raid on 28 February 1955 the Egyptian authorities initiated terrorist infiltration while continuing to oppose civilian infiltration.^[5] Israeli fatalities caused by infiltrators between 1949 and 1956 were as follows: 1949, 22; 1950, 19; 1951, 48; 1952, 42, 1953, 44; 1954, 33; 1955, 24 and in 1956, 54; the increase in that year being due to Egypt's change of policy.^[6] February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

According to David Meir-Levi, "From 1949 to 1956, Egypt waged a terror war against Israel, launching c. 9,000 attacks from cells set up in the refugee camps of the Gaza Strip." [2]. At first, Palestinians were trying to go back to houses or to retrieve property but since 1950 these acts became much more violent and included murders of citizens in nearby cities. After Israel's operation Black Arrow in 1955 which came as a result of a series of massacres in the city of Rehovot, the Palestinian fedayeen were incorporated into an Egyptian unit.^[7] John Bagot Glubb, a high-ranking British general who worked with the Arab Legion, explained in his autobiographical history of the period how he convinced the Arab Legion to arm and train the fedayeen for free.^[8] The Israeli government cites dozens of these attacks as "Major Arab Terrorist Attacks against Israelis prior to the 1967 Six-Day War". [3] [4] Between 1949 and 1956, 400 Israelis were killed and 900 wounded by fedayeen attacks. [5] [6]; according to the Anti-Defamation League "[i]n 1955 alone, 260 Israeli citizens were killed or wounded by fedayeen". [7] In 1964, the PLO was founded in order to "liberate," as they saw it, what they called the "usurped part" of Palestine, which had become the state of Israel. [8] Rehovot (Hebrew רְחוֹבוֹת ) is a city in the Center District of Israel, about 20 km south of Tel Aviv. ... Fedayeen (from the Arabic fidāī, plural fidāīyun, فدائيون: one who is ready to sacrifice his life, Armenian: ) describes several distinct, primarily Arab groups at different times in history. ... Sir John Bagot Glubb, better known as Glubb Pasha (16 April 1897 – 17 March 1986), was a British soldier best known for commanding Transjordans Arab Legion 1939-1956. ... The Arab Legion (al-Jaysh al-ArabÄ«) was Transjordans and later also Jordans regular army. ... Combatants Israel Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq Commanders Yitzhak Rabin, Moshe Dayan, Uzi Narkiss, Israel Tal, Mordechai Hod, Ariel Sharon Abdel Hakim Amer, Abdul Munim Riad, Zaid ibn Shaker, Hafez al-Assad Strength 264,000 (incl. ... Fedayeen (from the Arabic fidāī, plural fidāīyun, فدائيون: one who is ready to sacrifice his life, Armenian: ) describes several distinct, primarily Arab groups at different times in history. ... The Anti-Defamation League (or ADL) is an advocacy group founded by Bnai Brith in the United States whose stated aim is to stop, by appeals to reason and conscience and, if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people. ... The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic Munazzamat al-Tahrir Filastiniyyah منظمة تحرير فلسطينية ) is a political and paramilitary organization of Palestinian Arabs dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state to consist of the...

Between 1969 to September 1970 the PLO with a passive support from Jordan fought a war of attrition with Israel. During this time, the PLO launched artillery attacks on the moshavim and kibbutzim of Bet Shean Valley Regional Council as well as attempted to launch attacks by fedayeen on Israeli civilians. These attacks came to an end after the PLO expulsion from Jordan in September 1970. For other uses, see War of Attrition (disambiguation). ... Moshav (Hebrew: מושב Translit. ... Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: ; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצים; gathering or together) is an Israeli collective intentional community. ... B.S.V. Regional Council emblem The Bet Shean Valley Regional Council is a regional council in northern Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Bet Shean Valley. ...

After Black September in 1970, the PLO and its offshoots waged an international campaign against Israelis. Notable events were the Munich Olympics massacre (1972) , the hijacking of several civilian airliners, the Savoy Hotel attack, the Zion Square explosive refrigerator and the Coastal Road massacre. During the 1970s and the early 1980s, Israel suffered attacks from PLO bases in Lebanon, such as the Avivim school bus massacre in 1970, the Maalot massacre in 1974 and the attack led by Samir Kuntar in 1979. Following the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, called "Operation Peace for Galilee" by the IDF, and the exile of the PLO to Tunis, Israel had a relatively quiet decade. Combatants PLO Jordan Commanders Yasser Arafat King Hussein Casualties 7,000-8,000 killed[1] This article, Black September in Jordan, describes the events surrounding September, 1970 in Jordan. ... One of the Black September terrorists on the balcony of the Israeli team quarters at the Olympic village The Munich assassination occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September, a group with... The Savoy Operation was a terrorist act masterminded by Abu Jihad On the night of March 4th, 1975, at 11:00 PM eight terrorists in two teams landed by boat on the Tel-Aviv beach. ... On February 4, 1948, as the conflict over the coming partition of Palestine grew, three car bombs arranged by Arab irregulars exploded on Ben Yehuda Street, a main avenue in Jewish Jerusalem, killing 52 Jewish civilians and leaving 123 injured. ... Dalal Al Mughrabi Dalal Mughrabi and Ehud Barak Charred remains of the hijacked bus Front end remains of the hijacked bus The Kamal Odwan Operation In 1970s the Israeli Mossad committed massacres inside and outside Palestine, the foremost of which was the assassination of the three Palestinian Leaders, martyrs... An ambush attack known as the Avivim school bus massacre took place on May 8, 1970 near Avivim, an agricultural community in Israel founded in 1963 by Moroccan immigrants. ... The Maalot massacre was a school massacre in Maalot, Israel, that occurred on May 15, 1974. ... Samir Kuntar Samir Kuntar (Arabic: , also transcribed Sameer, Kantar, Quntar, Qantar) (born July 20, 1962 in Aabey, Lebanon), is a Lebanese Druze who belonged to the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), a pro-Palestinian organisation led by Abu Abbas. ... The 1982 Invasion of Lebanon, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee (Shlom HaGalil in Hebrew), began June 6, 1982, when the Israel Defence Force invaded southern Lebanon purportedly in response to the Abu Nidal organizations assassination attempt against Israels ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, and to halt...

In 1987, the First Intifada broke. In 1993, the Oslo Accords were signed. Combatants  Israel Unified National Leadership ot the Uprising Commanders Yitzhak Shamir Yasser Arafat Casualties 160 (5 children) 1,162 (241 children) The First Intifada (1987 - 1993) (also intifada and war of the stones) was a mass Palestinian uprising against Israeli rule[1] that began in Jabalia refugee camp and quickly... Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993. ...

Current political violence

According to B'Tselem, as of July 10, 2005, 821 Israeli civilians have been killed in acts of terror carried out by Palestinians since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, 553 of whom were killed within the 1949 Armistice lines, mainly by suicide bombers. Targets of attacks included buses, restaurants, discotheques, shopping malls, a university, and civilian homes in Israeli settlements within the West Bank and Gaza Strip. [9],[10]. BTselem (Hebrew: , in the image of, as in Genesis 1:27) is an Israeli non-governmental organization (NGO) that describes itself as The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton, and Yasser Arafat during the Oslo Accords on September 13, 1993. ... The 1949 Armistice Agreements are a set of agreements signed during 1949 between Israel and its neighbors Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. ... A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons). ... Map of Israeli settlements (magenta) in the West Bank. ...

On-going polls by the Jerusalem Media and Communication Center, a Palestinian organization, have consistently shown some support by the Palestinian public for acts of violence against Israelis, as part of what they see as the efforts of a resistance movement. Current polls, however, show that the majority of those polled do not support "military operations" against Israeli targets and see these attacks as "harmful to the Palestinian national interest". Those that support attacks believe it is the "proper response under the current political conditions". [11]

Some allege that the Palestinian Authority (PA) does not do enough to prevent attacks, or to reduce Palestinian public support for acts of violence. Some accuse the PA of sponsoring groups that carry out acts of violence, such as Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and of using the official PA television, radio, press, and education system to facilitate attacks upon Israel. Palestinians assert that it is not realistic to expect the kind of control Israel demands from the PA to curtail these groups, as the PA does not have actual control of most cities or adequate law-enforcement resources, and has suffered infrastructural damage to much of its security apparatus during confrontations with the Israel Defense Force (IDF). The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces...

There have been numerous instances where Palestinian children were involved in attacks, as bomb transporters and suicide bombers. On March 16, 2005, an Israeli border guard found a bomb in the school bag of 12-year-old Abdullah Quran at a military checkpoint near Nablus. His life was saved only because a cell phone rigged to detonate the 13-pound bomb failed to set off the explosive at the checkpoint as it had been designed to do. A child suicide bomber is a suicide bomber under the age of 18. ... A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death in addition to the attacks primary purpose (see suicide, suicide weapons). ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year (76th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of the West Bank, with Nablus in the center north. ...

Eight days later, on March 24, 16-year-old Hussam Abdo was captured wearing an explosive belt, having allegedly been paid by Fatah's Tanzim branch to blow himself up at the same checkpoint. The world's media watched as an EOD team disarmed the explosive belt with a police-sapper robot. [12] [13] (video). According to the BBC, the child was "paraded in front of the international media", and journalists were not allowed to interview the children and had to rely on the army's account of the incidents. In response, the Israeli government wrote to the BBC, accusing their correspondent, Orla Guerin of anti-Semitism and "total identification with the goals and methods of the Palestinian terror groups" ^[9] Hussam Abdo (born 1989) is a Palestinian who made international headlines on March 24, 2004, when he was apparently forced to enter the Hawara Checkpoint, in West Bank, Israel, carrying bombs as part of a suicide attack attempt. ... Explosive belt (technically, a vest) worn by a Palestinian bomber captured by Israeli police An explosive belt (also called suicide belt, suicide vest or shaheed belt) is a vest packed with explosives and armed with a detonator, worn by suicide bombers. ... Fatah (Arabic: ); a reverse acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (literally: Palestinian National Liberation Movement) is a major secular Palestinian political party and the largest organization in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a generally secular multi-party confederation. ... Ṇ Look up EOD in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

In recent years, the Palestinians have also been using female suicide bombers, a new tactic. The profile of the female Palestinian suicide bombers is unique, and has been the subject of study by the noted Katherine VanderKaay, most recently in her contribution to "Terror in the Holy Land," published 2006 by Praeger Press. She has also presented her profiling of the subjects at the American Psychological Association's annual meeting.

Palestinian terrorism is financed and sponsored by Islamist groups and others around the world. Saddam Hussein notoriously donated $25,000 to the families of suicide bombers, and $10,000 to the families of Palestinians killed during clashes between the Israeli military.^[10] Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was the fifth President of Iraq and Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council from 1979 until his overthrow by US forces in 2003. ... A suicide bombing is a bomb attack on people or property, committed by a person who knows the explosion will cause his or her own death (see suicide, suicide weapons). ...

List of Palestinian groups practicing political violence

• Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) (founded 1970s)

• Formed by Fathi Shaqaqi as a branch of Egyptian Islamic Jihad
• Goal is the destruction of the State of Israel and replacement with an Islamist state for Palestinians
• Armed wing is The Al-Quds brigades
• Enjoys none of the social or political role taken by Hamas

• Hamas (founded 1987)

• Hamas was founded by Ahmed Yassin and Mohammad Taha as an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood and is dedicated to the destruction of Israel and the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine.

• Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (founded June 1964)

• Formed as the political representation of the Palestinian people.

The emblem of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad shows a map of the land they claim as Palestine (roughly, present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) superimposed on the images of the Dome of the Rock, two fists and two rifles. ... Fathi Shaqaqi, alternatively spelled Fathi Shqaqi or Fathi Shiqaqi, (1951-1995) was a Palestinian doctor who founded and led the Palestinian Islamic Jihad organisation and the initiator of suicide bombings. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Al-Quds brigades are the armed wing of the Palestinian islamist organisation Palestinian Islamic Jihad. ... Hamas (Arabic: ; acronym: Arabic: , or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement,[1]) is a Palestinian Sunni Muslim militant organization. ... Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin (1936 - 2004 (about 68 years old)) (Arabic: ) was the co-founder (with Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi) and the spiritual leader of the militant Palestinian Islamist organization of Hamas,[1] originally calling it the Palestinian Wing of the Muslim Brotherhood. ... Mohammad Taha is a co-founding member of the Palestinian military group Hamas, who was arrested by the IDF in 2003/ This article is a stub. ... The Muslim Brothers (Arabic: الإخوان المسلمون al-ikhwān al-muslimÅ«n, full title The Society of the Muslim Brothers, often simply الإخوان al-ikhwān, the Brotherhood or MB) is a world-wide Sunni Islamist movement and the worlds largest, most influential Islamist group[1]. The MB is the largest political... The slogan an Islamic state in Palestine serves as a rallying cry for the Palestinian Islamist terrorist group Hamas. ... The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) (Arabic: ;   or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a multi-party confederation and is the organization regarded since 1974 as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. ...

Sub-groups of the PLO

• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) (founded 1967)

• Left-wing Palestinian separatists
• 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 destroying Israel outright

• Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) (founded 1969)

• Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian national goals can be achieved only through revolution of the masses. Split into two factions in 1991; Nayif Hawatmah leads the majority and more hard-line faction, which continue to dominate the group. Joined with other rejectionist groups to form the Alliance of Palestinian Forces (APF) to oppose the Declaration of Principals signed in 1993. Broke from the APF — along with the PFLP — over ideological differences. Has made limited moves towards merging with the PFLP since the mid-1990s.

• Abu Nidal organization (ANO), also known as Fatah - the Revolutionary Council (FRC), (founded 1974)

• Split from PLO; part of the so-called rejectionist front, the ANO is a secular, nationalist group. Was led by Abu Nidal, widely regarded as the most ruthless of the Palestinian leaders, until his death in August 2002.

• Fatah (founded early 1960s)

• Palestinian nationalist political party
• Reverse acronym for "Harekat at-Tahrir al-Wataniyyeh al-Falastiniyyeh" ("Palestinian National Liberation Movement" in Arabic)
• Also known as the Movement for the National Liberation of Palestine
• Founded by Yasser Arafat in 1959. Took control of the PLO in 1968, with Arafat as chairman

This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) (Arabic: الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين, transliterated Al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiya Li-Tahrir Filastin) is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist, secular political and military organization. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... Vladimir Lenin in 1920 Leninism is a political and economic theory which builds upon Marxism; it is a branch of Marxism (and it has been the dominant branch of Marxism in the world since the 1920s). ... Naif Hawatmeh Nayef Hawatmeh (kunya Abu an-Nuf, b. ... Fatah - Revolutionary Council (better known as the Abu Nidal Organization, after its founder Abu Nidal) was an international terrorist organization created by a split from Fatah in 1974. ... Abu Nidal in 1976 in a photograph released by the Israeli Defense Forces, one of only a handful of photographs of him known to exist. ... Fatah (Arabic: ); a reverse acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (literally: Palestinian National Liberation Movement) is a major secular Palestinian political party and the largest organization in the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a generally secular multi-party confederation. ... Not to be confused with Yasir Arafat (cricketer). ...

Groups associated with Fatah

• Tanzim (founded 1995)

• Means "organization" in Arabic
• Loosely organized Fatah militia

• Force 17 (founded early 1970s)

• Elite unit of the PLO once under Yasser Arafat's direct guidance.
• Acts as a versatile unit for combat and intelligence-gathering.

• Hawari (1980s-1991)

• Also known as the Fatah Special Operations Group, Martyrs of Tal Al Za'atar, and Amn Araissi.
• Recently inactive (As of 2004)

• Ahmed Abu Reish Brigade

• Extremist off-shoot of Fatah.
• Was involved in July 17, 2004 kidnappings in the Gaza Strip.
• Possibly linked to the Popular Resistance Committees

• The Popular Resistance Committees

• Based in the Gaza Strip

• Al Aqsa Marytrs Brigade

• Responsible for many suicide bombings and shootings of Israeli civilians
• Responsible for executing suspected conspirators and leaders of opposition against Arafat
• Funded by Fatah and the Palestinian Authority
• Offshoot of this group, Fatah Hawks, has carried out guerrilla attacks against Israeli military personnel in the Gaza Strip.

Tanzim (Organization in Arabic) is a faction of the Palestinian al-Fatah movement. ... Force 17 is an elite VIP terror unit of the Palestinian Fatah movement and later of the Office of the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority. ... Military intelligence (abbreviated MI, int. ... is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) are a Palestinian militant network which operates in the Gaza Strip. ... The Al_Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (كتائب شهداء الاقصى) are one of the militias of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafats al_Fatah faction. ... A suicide bombing is an attack using a bomb in which the individual(s) carrying the explosive materials composing the bomb intend(s) and expect(s) to die upon detonation (see suicide). ... The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ... The Fatah Hawks are a Palestinian militant group, an offshoot of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade which has links to the dominant Fatah Movement. ...

Splinter groups of the PLO

• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC) (founded 1968)

• Splinter group from the PFLP, founded by Ahmed Jibril. Declared its focus would be military, not political. Was a member of the PLO, but left in 1974 for the same reasons as PFLP.

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين - القيادة العامة) is a left-wing Palestinian nationalist organization, backed by Syria. ... Ahmed Jibril Ahmed Jibril (born 1928) is the founder and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC), part of the left-wing, secular Palestinian rejectionist front, so-called because they reject proposals for a peaceful settlement with Israel. ... The conflict between various Palestinian groups and Israel has existed in one form or another since the first half of the 20th century, and has left much bitterness and death on both sides. ... Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 2000 - 2001 2002 2003 2004 Total Death Toll in 2000: 41 September (death toll: 2) September 27: an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza Strip. ... This article or section is incomplete and may require expansion and/or cleanup. ... Note: This compilation includes only those attacks that resulted in casualties. ... It has been suggested that Terrorist attacks against Israel in 2003 be merged into this article or section. ... Terrorism against Israel: Pre-2000 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 This page is a partial listing of incidents of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2004. ... Terrorism against Israel: Pre-2000 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 This page is a partial listing of incidents of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2005. ... Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Pre-2000 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 This page is a partial listing of incidents of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in 2005. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into 2007 Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...

See also

• Acts
  • List of Hamas suicide attacks
  • List of Palestinian Islamic Jihad suicide attacks
  • List of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades suicide attacks
  • Al-Aqsa Intifada
  • List of massacres committed during the Al-Aqsa Intifada
  • List of Qassam rocket attacks

• Methods
  • Suicide attack
  • Female suicide bomber
  • Child suicide bomber
  • Animal suicide bomber
  • Qassam rockets
  • Mortar shelling
  • Car bomb
  • Aircraft hijacking
  • School massacres
  • Spree shootings

• Others
  • Islamist terrorism
  • Israeli-Palestinian conflict
  • Terrorism
  • Zionist political violence
  • Human rights in the Palestinian National Authority

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References

1. ^ "Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)" - U.S. Department of State
2. ^ "Council Common Position 2004/500/CFSP of 17 May 2004" - EU list of "persons, groups and entities involved in terrorist acts"
3. ^ "The Congress determines that the PLO and its affiliates are a terrorist organization (1987)" - U.S. Code Collection
4. ^ Morris, 1997, p. 147.
5. ^ Morris, 1997, pp. 86-89.
6. ^ Morris, 1997, p. 54.
7. ^ Haya Regev, Dr. Avigail Oren, The operations in the 1950s, University of Tel Aviv, 1995
8. ^ Glubb, John Bagot. A Soldier with the Arabs. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. p. 289.
9. ^ McGreal, Chris. BBC accused of bias against Israel, The Guardian, Thursday April 1, 2004
10. ^ Palestinians get Saddam funds

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External links

• The Arab Revolt in Palestine at Zionism Israel Information Center
• Arab Riots of 1929 in Palestine at Zionism Israel Information Center
• Israeli-Palestinian Conflict at MideastWeb Middle East News, Opinion & History