English noun: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | |||
1. | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (group) a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel | ||
Synonyms | PFLP | ||
Instance hypernym | foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organization | ||
Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | ||
Domain region | Palestine | ||