Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين |
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| Leader | Nayef Hawatmeh |
| Founder |
Nayef Hawatmeh, Yasser Abed Rabbo |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Ideology |
Maoism, Palestinian nationalism, Anti-Zionism, Marxism–Leninism, Left-wing nationalism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation |
Palestine Liberation Organization, Democratic Alliance List |
| Legislative Council |
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The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) (Arabic: 'الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين', transliterated Al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiya Li-Tahrir Filastin) is a Palestinian Marxist–Leninist, secular political and militant organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front, or al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiyah (الجبهة الديموقراطية). It is a member organization of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
The group maintains a paramilitary wing called the National Resistance Brigades. Although the National Resistance Brigades have fighters based in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, these fighters have been engaged in relatively few military operations since the Second Intifada. The National Resistance Brigades continue to take part in training exercises at paramilitary camps near Rafah and Khan Yunis. One of the attacks for which the DFLP is best known is the 1974 Ma'alot massacre in which 25 schoolchildren and teachers were killed.
In 1968, a faction of the left-wing Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) broke away from the main organization to form the Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PDFLP). The PDFLP was headed by Secretary-General Nayef Hawatmeh, who had been referred to as a leader of the PFLP's Maoist tendency. He believed that the PFLP had become, under the guidance of George Habash, too focused on military matters, and wanted to make the PDFLP a more grassroots and more ideologically focused organization.
By contrast, Ahmad Jibril's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC), which split away from Habash's organization in 1968, wanted to focus more on the tactical implementation of armed struggle.
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