Leila Khaled
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Leila Khaled is a Palestinian activist and former militant who is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. She is famous for her role in two plane-hijackings, and was the second
Khaled at the Beirut International Forum for Resistance, Anti-Imperialism, Solidarity between Peoples, and Alternatives, 2009
Khaled in Sweden in 2011
Black September
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Black September, also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein, and the Palestine Liberation Organization, led by chairman Yasser Arafat. The main ph
Leila Khaled
…role in the TWA Flight 840 hijacking in 1969 and one of the four simultaneous Dawson's Field hijackings the following year as part of the campaign of Black September in Jordan. After being imprisoned, she was released in a prisoner exchange for civilian hostages kidnapped by other PFLP members. Khaled was born on April 9…
View of Jabal Al-Hussein Palestinian refugee camp in Amman
King Hussein after checking an abandoned Israeli tank on 21 March 1968 during the Battle of Karameh. The perceived joint Palestinian-Jordanian victory led to an upsurge in support for the fedayeen in Jordan.
Fedayeen of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Jordan, early 1969
PLO leaders Yasser Arafat, Nayef Hawatmeh and Kamal Nasser speaking at a press conference in Amman after the June events, 1970