George Habash founds the PFLP

On 11 December 1967, in the aftermath of the Arab defeat in the June 1967 war, George Habash founded the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Marxist-Leninist movement committed to armed struggle and pan-Arab revolution. It became the second-largest PLO faction after Fatah and the leading secular-left rival to its nationalist mainstream.

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). George Habash founds the PFLP [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/f16c0689-0235-4669-9e0f-9b37577aa0d7

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "George Habash founds the PFLP." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/f16c0689-0235-4669-9e0f-9b37577aa0d7.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-event-f16c0689-0235-4669-9e0f-9b37577aa0d7,
  title     = {{George Habash founds the PFLP}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/f16c0689-0235-4669-9e0f-9b37577aa0d7},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 1967-12-11. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 1967-12-11. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.