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JABAT AL-TAHRIR AL-FILISTINIYYAH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border
Synonyms:
Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah; Palestine Liberation Front; PLF
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Instance hypernyms:
foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)
Domain category:
act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)
Domain region:
Lebanese Republic; Lebanon (an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean)
