Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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- proper noun
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Frente Popular para la Liberación de Palestina
- George Habash, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, strongly opposed negotiations with Israel, believing in armed resistance.
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General
Examples
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Without doubt, such Palestinian groups as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Arab Liberation Front, etc., viewed themselves as either stemming from or part of a wider Arab national movement that sought the liberation of the Arab world, including Palestine.
Academic text (1991) -
They and the Syrian-based Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in fact, soon joined the forefront of Iraq's backers, managing as best they could their strained relations with their former allies.
Academic text (1991) -
In 1970, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine orchestrated a series of high-profile plane hijackings that garnered international attention.
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During the 1980s, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine emerged as a key player in the Palestinian national movement, advocating for Marxist-Leninist principles.
Synonyms
An armed Palestinian group formed in 1967 that uses violence to reach political goals
Surface Forms
Morphology
popular + front + for + the + liberation + of + Palestine
The name is compositionally transparent: a 'popular front' (an organized political group supported by the people) 'for the liberation of Palestine' literally describes a group campaigning to free Palestine, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would infer the basic meaning. While the full historical and ideological nuances (e.g. Marxist-Leninist orientation and militant activity) are not derivable from the words alone, those specifics do not prevent the core referent being predictable from the parts.
Etymology
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine comes from two clear images: a Popular Front is when people and small groups join together, and Liberation of Palestine shows the aim to 'free' the land of Palestine. So the name tells us it is a united political group formed to fight for Palestinian freedom.