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Activists petition Treasury Department to sanction charities that serve as terror proxies • Mar. 4, 2025, 9:29 PM ET (Jerusalem Post)
UNRWA is an 'October 7 victim,' official claims in webinar with Hamas, PFLP members • Feb. 20, 2025, 8:36 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Activists warn of emerging terror-linked group in Germany • Feb. 18, 2025, 9:02 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)

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Also Known As al-Jabhah al-Shaʿbīyyah li-Taḥrīr Filasṭīn • al-Jabha al-Shabiyah li-Tahrir Filastin • PFLP
Date 1967 - present
Areas Of Involvement terrorism • hijacking
Related People Carlos the Jackal • George Ḥabash • Abū ʿAlī Muṣṭafā

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