| NOUN | group | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, PFLP | a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War |
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| Meaning | A terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel. | |
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| Synonym | PFLP | |
| Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act | The calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature |
| Instance of | terrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTO | A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals |
| Region | Palestine | A former British mandate on the east coast of the Mediterranean |
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