HyperDic: palestine_liberation_front

English > 1 sense of the expression Palestine Liberation Front:
NOUNgroupPalestine Liberation Front, PLF, Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyaha terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
English > Palestine Liberation Front: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border.
SynonymsPLF, Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah
Categoryterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe 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 ofterrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTOA political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
RegionLebanon, Lebanese RepublicAn Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean
CatalanFront per a l'Alliberament de Palestina

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