Marxist revolutionary who founded the PFLP and championed armed struggle

George Habash

George Habash, a physician turned revolutionary, founded the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in 1967, shaping a radical wing of the national movement. Combining Palestinian nationalism with Marxism-Leninism, Habash argued that liberation required an anti-imperialist revolution against Western influence and conservative Arab regimes. Under his leadership, the PFLP gained global attention through high-profile international actions, including the 1970 Dawson's Field aircraft hijackings. Habash consistently opposed diplomatic compromises with Israel and the United States, strongly criticizing the 1993 Oslo Accords while remaining an influential ideological pillar for the Palestinian left.

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Year	George Habash
1926	Birth of George Habash (Period: August 1, 1926 (Some sources state he was born in 1925, or on August 2), Location: Lydda (present-day Lod, Israel))
1944	Medical Education and Relief Activities in Native Lydda (George Habash, Age: 17 years old, Period: 1944–1951, Location: Beirut, Lebanon, and Lydda, Palestine)
1947	First Arab-Israeli War (Age: 20 years old, Period: 1947–1949, Location: Palestine, Jerusalem, Lydda, Ramle, etc.)
1948	Expulsion of Lydda Residents (Lydda Death March, Age: 21 years old, Period: July 1948, Location: From Lydda, Palestine (present-day Lod, Israel) toward West Bank)
1950	Founding of Arab Nationalists' Movement (ANM, Age: 23 years old, Period: Early 1950s – 1956, Location: Amman, Jordan, and across Middle East)
1951	Refugee Support and Clinic Operation in Jordan (Age: 24 years old, Period: 1951–1954, Location: Amman, Jordan)
1957	Bombing Incidents and Repression of Arab Nationalist Movement Affiliates in Jordan (Age: 30 years old, Period: Circa 1957, Location: Jordan)
1958	Relocation to Damascus and Political Activities (Age: 31 years old, Period: 1958 onward, Location: Damascus, Syria)
1960	PFLP's Alignment with Marxism-Leninism (Age: 33 years old, Period: Late 1960s – 1970s, Location: Across Middle East)
1961	Marriage (George Habash, Hilda Habash, Age: 34 years old, Period: Early 1961, Location: Damascus, Syria)
1967	Third Arab-Israeli War (Age: 40 years old, Period: June 5–10, 1967, Location: Egypt, Sinai Peninsula, West Bank, East Jerusalem, Golan Heights) Founding of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP, Age: 41 years old, Period: December 1967, Location: Across Middle East)
1970	Dawson's Field Aircraft Hijackings (Age: 44 years old, Period: September 6–12, 1970, Location: International Flights bound for Jordan and Dawson's Field near Zarqa, Jordan)
1972	Lod Airport Massacre (Age: 45 years old, Period: May 30, 1972, Location: Lod International Airport, Israel (present-day Ben Gurion International Airport))
1974	Rivalry with PLO and Formation of Rejectionist Front (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1974, Location: Across Middle East)
1976	Entebbe Airport Hostage Crisis (Age: 49 years old, Period: June 27 – July 4, 1976, Location: Entebbe Airport, Uganda)
2000	Resignation as PFLP Secretary-General (Age: 73 years old, Period: July 2000, Location: Damascus, Syria)
2008	Death of George Habash (Age: 81 years old, Period: January 26, 2008, Location: Amman, Jordan) Death (George Habash, Age: 81 years old, Period: January 26, 2008, Location: Amman, Jordan)

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Group	List
Establishment of Israel	Golda Meir David Ben-Gurion Chaim Weizmann Moshe Dayan Yitzhak Rabin Menachem Begin Shimon Peres Levi Eshkol Ariel Sharon Farouk I Gamal Abdel Nasser Anwar Sadat
Palestinian national movement	Yasser Arafat George Habash Nayef Hawatmeh Khalil al-Wazir Abu Iyad Edward Said Hanan Ashrawi Leila Khaled Mahmoud Abbas Ahmad Shukeiri
Iranian Revolution	Ruhollah Khomeini Ali Khamenei Abolhassan Banisadr Mehdi Bazargan Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Beheshti Ali Shariati Sayyid Qutb Hassan al-Banna Mustafa Barzani

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