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George Habash was a Palestinian physician and Arab nationalist who became a leading figure in the Palestinian revolutionary movement. In 1967 he founded the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a Marxist organization that became part of the broader Palestinian political and armed struggle. His career connects medical training, Arab nationalism, and revolutionary politics, and the entry identifies him primarily through his leadership of the PFLP during the twentieth century.
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What organization did George Habash found?
In 1967, after the Arab defeat in the Six-Day War, Habash founded the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Marxist organization within the broader PLO. He had previously led the pan-Arab Arab Nationalist Movement.
What was George Habash's professional background?
He was a physician, trained at the American University of Beirut after growing up in Lydda (present-day Lod), where he was born in 1926. His family was among the Palestinians expelled from Lydda during the 1948 war.
What was the PFLP best known for under Habash?
The group became notorious for aircraft hijackings, most famously the simultaneous diversion of several airliners to Dawson's Field in Jordan in September 1970. PFLP member Leila Khaled carried out two of the era's most famous hijackings.
When did George Habash die?
He died in January 2008 in Amman, Jordan, in his early eighties. He had stepped down as PFLP leader in 2000, several years before his death.
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