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The Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PPSF, occasionally abbr. Samir Ghawshah (سمير غوشة is a Palestinian politician and militia leader Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية PSF), (Arabic, jabhat al-nidal al-sha'biyya al-filastini), a militant Palestinian organization. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Palestinian people or Palestinians ( الشعب الفلسطيني, ash-sha`b al-filasTīni; الفلسطينيون, al-filasTīnīyyūn The group is led by Dr. Samir Ghawshah. Doctor ( gen: doctoris) means teacher in Latin. The word is originally an Agentive noun of the verb docēre ('teach' Samir Ghawshah (سمير غوشة is a Palestinian politician and militia leader Despite holding a seat in the executive council seat in the PLO, PPSF is generally considered to have a very limited influence over Palestinian politics. The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary
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Initial history
The PPSF was founded as the Palestinian Popular Struggle Organization (PPSO) in the West Bank in 1967, following a split from the PFLP. The West Bank (الضفة الغربية, הגדה המערבית Hagadah Hamaaravit) also referred to in Israel as " Judea and Samaria Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP) ( Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير فلسطين al-Jabhah al-Sha`biyyah li-Tahrīr [1] It had close ties to Fatah, and in 1971 it officially became a Fatah-affiliated organization. Fatah (فتح literally opening, is a reverse Acronym from the Arabic name Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini (حركة التحرير Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. It fell out with the Arafat leadership in Fatah in 1973, and left the organization to act independently. Arafat is a surname or given name and may refer to Yasser Arafat (1929&ndash2004 Arafat Waheed Khan (born 1981 2006 transatlantic Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. In 1974 it took a further step, leaving the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to become a founding member of the Rejectionist Front, in protest of the increasingly moderate politics of Arafat. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO) (منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية or Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyyah) is a political and paramilitary The Rejectionist Front (جبهة الرفض or Front of the Palestinian Forces Rejecting Solutions of Surrender (جبهة القوى الفلسطينية الرافضة للحلول Arafat is a surname or given name and may refer to Yasser Arafat (1929&ndash2004 Arafat Waheed Khan (born 1981 2006 transatlantic
In the 1970s the PPSF hijacked airplanes, and also attacked civilian Israeli passengers in Athens Airport in 1969. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Initially close to Egypt after its break with Fatah, it eventually slipped into decline. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. In 1982 it was revived jointly by Syria and Libya, in an attempt to bolster hardliner and anti-Arafat forces in the PLO (Syria was simultaneously fighting the PLO in Lebanon). Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية Libya ( ليبيا ar-Latn Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh:) officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Lebanon (ˈlɛbənɒn Arabic: ar لبنان Lubnān) officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic (ar الجمهورية اللبنانية
Members of the PPSF were mentioned as possible suspects in the 1988 Lockerbie Bombing, believed to have been orchestrated by the Libyan regime, but Samir Ghawshah denied the charges. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) [2]
Reconciliation with PLO and PNA politics
In 1991 was allowed to rejoin the PLO after accepting Security Council resolution 242 and the concept of negotiations with Israel. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 (S/RES/242 was adopted unanimously by the UN Security Council on November 22, 1967 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Ghawshah gained a seat on the PLO executive committee. The PPSF was however divided into two, the main group led by Ghawshah which accepted the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and Khalid ‘Abd al-Majid's parallel PPSF opposing it from exile in Damascus, Syria. Khalid ‘Abd al-Majid is a Palestinian politician and militia leader The Palestinian Popular Struggle Front is a Palestinian political faction led by Khalid ‘Abd al-Majid. Damascus ( دمشق,, also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the capital and largest city of Syria.
PPSF took part in the 1996 Palestinian legislative elections with 12 candidates. On January 20, 1996, elections took place in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem for President of the Palestinian Together they got 0. 76% of the national vote. [3]
It took part in the 2006 Palestine elections under the label Freedom and Social Justice, but failed to win a seat. Freedom and Social Justice was a coalition that contested the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections. In total their list got 7 127 votes (0. 72%).
Front organizations
The PPSF maintains four front organizations; the Workers Struggle Bloc, Palestinian Struggle Youth Union, Students Struggle Bloc, Womens Struggle Bloc and Teachers Struggle Bloc. Ramallah ( Arabic:) (lit "Height of God" is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank adjacent to Al-Bireh with a population 118000
PPSF publishes Sawt an-Nidhal (Voice of the Struggle).