Popular Movement of Arab Liberation
POPULAR MOVEMENT OF ARAB LIBERATION
Palestinian movement founded at the end of 1973, following a split in al-Fatah caused by defeats in the Arab-Israel Wars of 1967 and 1973. Formed under the initiative of Naji ʿAllush, the Popular Movement of Arab Liberation (PMA), Marxist-Leninist in leaning, promoted the "unity of the Arab struggle for the defense of the Arab peoples, confronted by Zionism and capitalism." Opposing the policies of Yasir Arafat, the PMAL, at first allied with the Fatah Revolutionary Council of Abu Nidal, became completely autonomous in 1979, benefiting from the support of Syria, Libya, and Iraq. This movement, which has ceased all activity since 1991, was also known as the Arab Popular Liberation Front (APLF).
SEE ALSO Arafat, Yasir;Nidal, Abu.
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