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Leila Khaled in the 1970s
Leila Khaled in the 1970s

Leila Khaled (Arabic: ليلى خالد‎ laylà ẖālid; born April 9, 1944) is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), part of the secular, leftwing Palestinian Rejectionist Front. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP) ( Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Tahrīr The Rejectionist Front (جبهة الرفض or Front of the Palestinian Forces Rejecting Solutions of Surrender (جبهة القوى الفلسطينية الرافضة للحلول She is currently a member of the Palestinian National Council. The Palestinian National Council (PNC is the legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization and elects its Executive Committee which assumes leadership of the

Khaled came to public attention for her role in a 1969 hijacking and one of four simultaneous hijackings the following year as part of the Black September timeline. This article is about the 1969 hijacking For the 1986 bombing see TWA Flight 840 (1986. In the Dawson's Field hijackings (September 6 1970 four Jet aircraft bound for New York City were hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation September 1970 is known as the Black September ( in Arab history and sometimes is referred to as the "era of regrettable events

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Early life

Khaled was born in 1944 in Haifa, then part of the British Mandate of Palestine. Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا) is the largest City in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country with The Palestine Mandate, was a set of protocols or articles that formed a multilateral legal and administrative agreement Khaled's family fled to Lebanon during the 1948 Palestinian exodus, leaving her father behind. Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية The 1948 Palestinian exodus (الهجرة الفلسطينية al-Hijra al-Filasteeniya) referred to by Palestinians as al Naqba (النكبة At the age of 15, Khaled became one of the first to join the radical pan-Arab Arab Nationalist Movement, originally started in the late 1940s by George Habash, then a medical student at the American University of Beirut. The Arab Nationalist Movement ( Harakat al-Qawmiyyin al-Arab) also known as the Movement of Arab Nationalists and the Harakiyyin, was a Pan-Arab George Habash ( جورج حبش) also known by his kunya " al-Hakim " (Arabicالحكيم — the wise one or the doctor) The American University of Beirut (AUB الجامعة الأميركية في بيروت is a private independent University in Beirut, Lebanon. The Palestinian branch of this movement became the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine after the 1967 Six-Day War. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP) ( Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Tahrīr Background Suez Crisis aftermath The Suez Crisis of 1956 represented a military defeat but a political victory for Egypt

Khaled also spent some time as a teacher in Kuwait, and in her autobiography recounted crying the day she heard that John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. The State of Kuwait ( دولة الكويت IPA [dawlatt̪ alkuwajt̪]) is a sovereign Arab Emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of [1]

The hijackings

On August 29, 1969 Khaled was part of a team that hijacked TWA Flight 840 on its way from Rome to Athens, diverting the Boeing 707 to Damascus. This article is about the 1969 hijacking For the 1986 bombing see TWA Flight 840 (1986. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Damascus ( دمشق,, also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria. She claims she ordered the pilot to fly over Haifa, so she could see her birthplace, which she could not visit. Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا) is the largest City in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country with [2] No one was injured, although the aircraft was blown up. According to some media sources,[3] the PFLP leadership thought that Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli ambassador to the United States would be on board. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This was however denied by Leila Khaled and others. [1] After this hijacking, Khaled underwent the first of several plastic surgeries intended to conceal her identity.

On September 6, 1970, Khaled and Patrick Arguello, a Nicaraguan, attempted the hijack of El Al Flight 219 from Amsterdam to New York City as part of the Dawson's Field hijackings; a series of almost simultaneous hijackings carried out by the PFLP. Patrick Argüello (1943 - 1970 was a Nicaraguan American. He was shot and killed while attempting to hijack El Al Flight 219 in September 1970 as part El Al (אל על skyward) ( TASE: ELAL is the National airline of Israel. Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west The City of New York In the Dawson's Field hijackings (September 6 1970 four Jet aircraft bound for New York City were hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation The attack was foiled when Israeli skymarshals killed Arguello before eventually overpowering Khaled. Security forces in Israel include a variety of organizations including law enforcement, Military, Paramilitary, governmental Although she was carrying two hand grenades at the time, Khaled said she had received very strict instructions not to threaten passengers on the civilian flight. [2] (Patrick Arguello, the co-hijacker, shot a member of the flight crew). Patrick Argüello (1943 - 1970 was a Nicaraguan American. He was shot and killed while attempting to hijack El Al Flight 219 in September 1970 as part

The pilot diverted the aircraft to Heathrow airport in London, where Khaled was delivered to Ealing police station. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Ealing is a Town in the London Borough of Ealing. It is a Suburban development situated 7 On October 1, the British government released her as part of a prisoner exchange. The next year, the PFLP abandoned the tactic of hijacking, although splinter movements would continue to hijack airplanes.

Later life

Khaled has said in interviews that she developed a fondness for the United Kingdom when her first visitor in jail, an immigration officer, wanted to know why she had arrived in the country without a valid visa. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located She also developed a relationship with the two policewomen assigned to guard her in Ealing and later corresponded with them. Khaled continued to return to Britain for speaking engagements until as late as 2002, although she was more recently refused a visa by the British embassy to address a meeting at the Féile an Phobail in Belfast. Féile an Phobail, also known as the West Belfast Festival, is an annual festival of Irish and International culture that takes place in and around the Falls

Khaled has said that she no longer believes in hijacking as a legitimate form of protest, though she is wary of the Arab-Israeli peace process. According to Khaled, "It's not a peace process. It's a political process where the balance of forces is for the Israelis and not for us. They have all the cards to play with and the Palestinians have nothing to depend on, especially when the PLO is not united. " She has become involved in politics, becoming a member of the Palestinian National Council and appearing regularly at the World Social Forum. The Palestinian National Council (PNC is the legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization and elects its Executive Committee which assumes leadership of the The World Social Forum (WSF is an annual meeting held by members of the Anti-globalization (using the term Globalization in a Doctrinal sense not

She is married to the physician Fayez Rashid Hilal, and today lives with her two sons Bader and Bashar in Amman, Jordan. Amman (ɑˈmɑːn sometimes spelled Ammann ( Arabic عمان ʿAmmān) is the Capital city of the Hashemite Kingdom [4]

She was the subject of a recent film, entitled Leila Khaled, Hijacker. [5]

In popular culture

References

  1. ^ a b Khaled, Leila (1973). My People Shall Live. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0340173807.  
  2. ^ a b "I made the ring from a bullet and the pin of a hand grenade", The Guardian, January 26, 2001
  3. ^ MacDonald, Eileen (1991). The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. "Leila Khaled", Shoot the Women First. New York: Random House. Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher ISBN 0-679-41596-3.  
  4. ^ Interview by Sana Abdallah, United Press International, July 21, 2003
  5. ^ Murphy, Maureen Clare (2007-04-09). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Violence or nonviolence? Two documentaries reviewed. Retrieved on 2007-09-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece.
  6. ^ Teardrop Explodes Discography | Albums
  7. ^ A Brief History Of Time (Travel): The Face Of Evil

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