Palestinian Popular Struggle Front
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The Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PPSF, occasionally abbr. PSF) (
PPSF holds a seat on the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive council, though it is generally considered to have a limited influence over Palestinian politics.
Early history
The PPSF was founded as the Palestinian Popular Struggle Organization (PPSO) in the
in 1969 The organization attacked civilian Israeli and Greek passengers in Athens Airport in 1969 which resulted in 14 injures and one dead kid.[4]
In 1970 the organization hijacked Olympic Airways Flight 255 from Beirut, Lebanon en route to Athens. The hijackers ordered the flight flown to Cairo, Egypt with five crew members.[5]
Initially close to Egypt after its break with Fatah, it eventually slipped into decline. In 1982 it was revived jointly by Syria and Libya, in an attempt to bolster hardliner and anti-Arafat forces in the PLO (Syria was simultaneously fighting the PLO in Lebanon).
Members of the PPSF were mentioned as possible suspects in the 1988
Reconciliation with PLO and PNA politics
In 1991, PPSF was allowed to rejoin the PLO after accepting
The Samir Ghawsha faction of PPSF took part in the
In June 2018 the party was admitted to the Socialist International as consultative member.[7][8]
Front organizations
The PPSF maintains five front organizations; the Workers Struggle Bloc, Palestinian Struggle Youth Union, Students Struggle Bloc, Women's Struggle Bloc and Teachers Struggle Bloc.
PPSF publishes Sawt an-Nidhal (Voice of the Struggle).
See also
- List of political parties in the Palestinian National Authority
- Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (1991)
References
- ^ PPSF elects new Secretary General replacing deceased former leader Archived 27 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Ma'an News Agency. 12 August 2009. Retrieved on 23 January 2012.
- ^ PPSF elects new Secretary General replacing deceased former leader Archived 27 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Ma'an News Agency. 2009-08-12. Retrieved on 2012-01-23.
- ^ a b "Leftist Parties of Palestine". Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
- ^ "Dec. 12, 1969 - Two-Year Old Greek Boy Dies After Arab Guerrilla Attack On Israeli Airline Office In". imago. 12 December 1969.
- ^ "Eban Repeats Demand That Greece Not Release Terrorists; Probing Role of Red Cross". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 29 July 1970.
- ^ "BBC News | WORLD | Palestinian radicals deny bomb link". news.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ "Socialist International - Progressive Politics For A Fairer World". www.socialistinternational.org. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "Socialist International - Progressive Politics For A Fairer World". socialistinternational.org. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
External links
- PPSF homepage (in Arabic)