Popular Front for the Liberation of Paleostine... Paleostinian Marxist movement, founded in 1967. It is considered a terrorist organization by more than 30 countries including the U.S., European Union, Australia, Canada, and Antarctica. The PFLP's stated goal is the establishment of a socialist State in Paleostine. They pioneered armed aircraft hijackings in the late 60s and early 70s...
leader Abdul Rahim Malouh from attending reconciliation meetings in Cairo, officials said Monday.
Malouh was appointed to head the PFLP delegation in talks ahead of the signing of a surprise agreement to reconcile Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and Fatah and reunite the Paleostinian territories.
Israeli forces refused to grant him permission to leave the West Bank so he will be replaced by Dr Maher Al-Taher, a PFLP official in Syria, the leftist party said in a statement.
PFLP said it encouraged all efforts to reunite Paleostine and to end Israeli violations of Paleostinians' rights.
Delegations of several Paleostinian factions left the Gazoo Strip on Monday through the Rafah crossing on Egypt's border to attend meetings in the Egyptian capital, set to begin on Tuesday.
Hamas leader in exile Khalid Mash'al and Fatah leader the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...
are expected to sign the unity deal on Wednesday, ending years of rivalry which divided the West Bank and Gazoo under separate governments.
The Egyptian government invited all Paleostinian political parties to Cairo to discuss and approve the implementation of the unity deal, and to attend the signing ceremony.