Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( Al-Jabhah al-Dimuqratiyah Li-Tahrir Filastin ) is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist organization, which was founded in 1969 when it split from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Member of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Believes Palestinian national goals can be achieved only through revolution of the masses. In early 1980s, occupied political stance midway between Yasser Arafat and the rejectionists. Split into two factions in 1991; Nayif Hawatmah leads the majority and more hard-line faction, which continue to dominate the group. Joined with other rejectionist groups to form the Alliance of Palestinian Forces (APF) to oppose the Declaration of Principals signed in 1993. Broke from the APF - along with the PFLP - over ideological differences. Has made limited moves toward merging with the PFLP since the mid-1990s.

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) ( Arabic : ' الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين' , transliterated Al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiya Li-Tahrir Filastin ) is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist , secular political and military organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front , or al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiyah (الجبهة الديموقراطية). It is a member organization of the Palestine Liberation Organization .

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) ( Arabic : ' الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين' , transliterated Al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiya Li-Tahrir Filastin ) is a Palestinian Marxist–Leninist , secular political and military organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front , or al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiyah (الجبهة الديموقراطية). It is a member organization of the Palestine Liberation Organization . The group maintains a paramilitary wing called the National Resistance Brigades. Although the National Resistance Brigades have fighters based in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip , these fighters have been engaged in relatively few military operations since the Second Intifada . The National Resistance Brigades continue to take part in training exercises at paramilitary camps near Rafah and Khan Yunis . One of the attacks for which the DFLP is best known is the 1974 Ma'alot massacre in which 25 schoolchildren and teachers were killed.

Palestinian Marxist–Leninist organization Not to be confused with Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine . The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( DFLP ; , al-Jabha al-Dīmūqrāṭiyya li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn ) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front , or al-Jabha al-Dīmūqrāṭiyya ( الجبهة الديموقراطية ). It is a member organization of the Palestine Liberation Organization , the Alliance of Palestinian Forces and the Democratic Alliance List . The group maintains a paramilitary wing called the National Resistance Brigades . One of the attacks for which the DFLP is best known is the 1974 Ma'alot massacre in which 25 schoolchildren and teachers were killed. Although the National Resistance Brigades have fighters based in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip , these fighters have been engaged in relatively few military operations since the Al-Aqsa Intifada . The National Resistance Brigades continue to take part in training exercises at paramilitary camps near Rafah and Khan Yunis .

Palestinian Marxist–Leninist organization Not to be confused with Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine . The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( DFLP ; Arabic : الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين , romanized : el-Jabha ed-Dīmūqrāṭiyya li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn ) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist and Maoist organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front , or al-Jabha al-Dīmūqrāṭiyya ( الجبهة الديموقراطية ). It is a member organization of the Palestine Liberation Organization , the Alliance of Palestinian Forces and the Democratic Alliance List . The group was founded in 1969 by Nayef Hawatmeh , splitting from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). It maintains a paramilitary wing, the National Resistance Brigades . The DFLP's declared goal is to "create a people's democratic Palestine , where Arabs and Jews would live without discrimination, a state without classes and national oppression, a state which allows Arabs and Jews to develop their national culture." The DFLP is well-known for the 1974 Ma'alot massacre , in which 25 schoolchildren and teachers were killed. Although the National Resistance Brigades have fighters based in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip , these fighters have been engaged in relatively few military operations since the First Intifada , until the ongoing Gaza war (2023–present) which has seen the DFLP fight alongside Hamas and other allied Palestinian factions . Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) Encyclopædia Britannica ‘’Aziya i Afrika segodnya’’ – cited in edition ‘’Välispanoraam 1972’’ , Tallinn, 1973, lk 129 (‘’Foreign Panorama 1972’’) "Not only Hamas: eight factions at war with Israel in Gaza" . "With Al-Qassam and Al-Quds Brigades, four other armed Palestinian factions are fighting Israel in Gaza" .