Palestinian fedayeen
Videos
Palestinian fedayeen are militants or guerrillas of a nationalist orientation from among Palestinian Arabs. Most Palestinians consider the fedayeen to be freedom fighters, while most Israelis consider
Fedayeen from Fatah in Beirut, Lebanon, 1979
Fedayeen of the Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PDFLP) in Lebanon
Israeli policemen inspecting the bodies of 5 fedayeen killed near Nir Galim, 1956
A Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine patrol unit in Jordan, 1969
Black September
Videos
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
Palestinian fedayeen
…were turned back by Jordanian armor and Israeli army overflights. Thousands of Palestinians were killed in the initial battle—which came to be known as Black September—and thousands more in the security crackdown that followed. By the summer of 1971, the Palestinian fedayeen network in Jordan had been effectively…
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.
PLO leaders Yasser Arafat, Nayef Hawatmeh and Kamal Nasser speaking at a press conference in Amman after the June events, 1970