NOUN | group | PLF, Palestine Liberation Front, Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah | a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
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Meaning | A 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. | |
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Synonyms | Palestine Liberation Front, Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah | |
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 | Lebanon, Lebanese Republic | An Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean |
Catalan | Front per a l'Alliberament de Palestina |
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