ALLEGED IDENTIFICATION OF FEDAYIIN UNIT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTIONS AGAINST ISRAELI EL AL AIRLINERS IN ROME AND ATHENS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06928345
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• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 26, 2022
• Case Number: F-2020-00467
• Publication Date: February 19, 1969

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MOVEMENT) AND THE PFLP HAS BEEN.OVER THE QUESTION OF OPERATING
OUTSIDE OF ISRAEL. AL-FATAH LEADERS INSIST THAT ALL
COMMANDO EFFoRTS MUST BE DIRECTED INSIDE OF ISRAEL AND THE
ARAB AREAS OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL., THEY BELIEVE THAT FEDAYIIN
ACTIoNs OUTSIDE, SUCH AS IN RomE AND ATHENS, HURT THE
PALEST/UAW RESISTANCE alAsE ABROAD. THE PFLP, ON THE OTHER
HARD) ARGUES THAT ITS ATTACK ON THE EL. AL AIRLINER IN ATHENS
HELPED THE TOTERNATIoNAL Posit= OF THE PALESTINIAN
RESISTANCE moVEmENT BY PROVOKING THE ISRAELI COUNTER-RAID
ON BEIRUT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WH/cH BADLY TARNISHED
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THE FRENCH ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST ISRAEL. THE PFLP ARGUES
:HAT 110 OTHER SINGLE OR COLLECTIVE FEDAYIIN MOH/ HAo
ATTAINED SUCH OVERALL SUCCESS. bUT a-SPITE THTS-DisAGREE�
;;ENI CN TACTICS, AL-FATAH LEADERS GENERALLY SYMPATHIZE
WIT{ THE HAbbASH FACTION IN THE INIRA-PFLP DISPUTE.
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