| In 1958 he fled to then part of the , but was forced to return to in 1961 by the tumultuous breakup of the UAR | In response, Habash founded the |
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| The significance of the PFLP in Palestinian politics has diminished considerably since the mid-90s | He continued to be an activist for the group until 2008 when he died of a heart attack in |
Its pan-Arab leanings have been diminished since the ANM days, but popular support for a united Arab front has remained, especially in regard to Israeli and western political pressures.
25| Black September The PFLP ignored tensions with the mainstream leadership of 's faction, and instead focused on bringing about change in Jordan | |
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| Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine In 1964 he began reorganizing the ANM, regrouping the Palestinian members of the organization into a "regional command | This balancing act could not save the PFLP from being eclipsed by the militant Islamist factions on the one hand, and the resource-rich Fatah with its PNA patronage network on the other |
Death George Habash Square, Habash died on 26 January 2008, at the age of 81 of a heart attack in the Jordan Hospital, Amman where Habash was a cancer patient.
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