Palestinian fedayeen movement

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The Palestinian fedayeen movement was a collection of Palestinian guerrilla and militant organizations that emerged in the mid-20th century to wage armed struggle, primarily against Israel, in pursuit of Palestinian national liberation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Palestinian political movement
guerrilla movement
militant organization network
national liberation movement
activeSince 1950s
emergedInPeriod mid-20th century
hasAlternativeName Palestinian fedayeen organizations NERFINISHED
Palestinian guerrilla movement NERFINISHED
hasComponentOrganization Abu Nidal Organization NERFINISHED
Arab Liberation Front NERFINISHED
As-Sa'iqa NERFINISHED
Black September Organization NERFINISHED
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine NERFINISHED
Fatah NERFINISHED
Fatah–Revolutionary Council NERFINISHED
Hamas NERFINISHED
Palestine Liberation Organization NERFINISHED
Palestinian Arab Front NERFINISHED
Palestinian Islamic Jihad NERFINISHED
Palestinian Liberation Army NERFINISHED
Palestinian Liberation Front NERFINISHED
Palestinian Popular Committees NERFINISHED
Palestinian Popular Liberation Organization NERFINISHED
Palestinian Popular Struggle Front NERFINISHED
Palestinian Revolutionary Communist Party NERFINISHED
Palestinian Revolutionary Left League NERFINISHED
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine NERFINISHED
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command NERFINISHED
Popular Struggle Front NERFINISHED
hasIdeology Arab nationalism
Palestinian nationalism
hasLanguage Arabic
hasMainGoal Palestinian national liberation
hasNotableLeader Abu Ali Mustafa NERFINISHED
Abu Nidal NERFINISHED
Ahmed Yassin NERFINISHED
Fathi Shaqaqi NERFINISHED
George Habash NERFINISHED
Khalil al-Wazir NERFINISHED
Nayef Hawatmeh NERFINISHED
Yasser Arafat NERFINISHED
involvedInConflict Arab–Israeli conflict NERFINISHED
Black September in Jordan NERFINISHED
First Intifada NERFINISHED
Lebanese Civil War NERFINISHED
Second Intifada NERFINISHED
Six-Day War NERFINISHED
War of Attrition NERFINISHED
nameEtymology term "fedayeen" derives from Arabic "fidāʼī" meaning "one who sacrifices himself"
notableEvent aircraft hijackings by affiliated groups in the 1970s
cross-border raids from Gaza into Israel in the 1950s
cross-border raids from Jordan into Israel in the 1960s
operatesIn Gaza Strip NERFINISHED
Jordan NERFINISHED
Lebanon NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
West Bank NERFINISHED
opposedBy Israel Defense Forces NERFINISHED
Jordanian Armed Forces NERFINISHED
Lebanese Armed Forces NERFINISHED
primaryOpponent State of Israel NERFINISHED
supportedBy Egypt (various periods) NERFINISHED
Iraq (various periods) NERFINISHED
Libya (various periods) NERFINISHED
Soviet Union (various periods) NERFINISHED
Syria (various periods) NERFINISHED
usesTactic armed attacks on civilian targets
armed attacks on military targets
cross-border raids
guerrilla warfare
infiltration operations
sabotage

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Khalil al-Wazir movement Palestinian fedayeen movement
Supernumerary Police opposedBy Palestinian fedayeen movement
this entity surface form: Arab Palestinian insurgents
Arab Liberation Front partOf Palestinian fedayeen movement
Black September Organization partOf Palestinian fedayeen movement
George Habash participantIn Palestinian fedayeen movement
Farouk al-Qaddumi participatedIn Palestinian fedayeen movement
this entity surface form: Palestinian liberation movement