The PFLP’s Changing Role in the Middle East / Harold M. Cubert

By:

Cubert, Harold M

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London/NY; Frank Cass; 1997Description: 249p; 23x15cmISBN:

9780714643298

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DDC classification:

324.25694'08 dc20

Contents:

CONTENTS: --- Preface ---Introduction: Overview of the PFLP's ideology and aims ---Notes ---1 Historical and ideological background ---Islam as the Basis for Arab Nationalism ---The Loss of ‘Arab Character’ in the Ninth Century ---The Establishment of the Ottoman Empire ---The Ottoman Legal System ---D. The Role of Minority Religious Communities ---Notes ---2 Western incursions; Ottoman concessions ---The Physical Threat to the Ottoman Sultanate From Russians and Venetians ---The Extension of Trading Privileges to European Allies ---Early Anti-Ottoman Revolts — the First Challenges to the Sultan's Legitimacy ---The end of Ottoman Illusions: The Scramble to Modernize ---Notes ---3 Arab nationalism: issues and programmes ---The Quiet Internal Reformers: Tahtawi, Khair Al-Din Pasha, and Bustani ---The Militant Reformers: Afghani and ‘Abduh ---The Authentic Arab Nationalists: Rida, Zuraiq, and Husri ---Notes ---4 A history of Palestinian nationalism ---Initial Stirrings ---Formal Institutional Development: 1918–47 ---Prelude to Collapse ---Post-War Palestinian Nationalist Trends ---The Pflp's Predecessor: The Arab Nationalists' Movement (Anm) ---The Rise of ‘abd Al-Nasir ---The Anm Builds a Regional Network ---The Anm's 1963 Ideological Split: Pan-Arabists Versus Palestinian Provincialists ---1967: The Anm's Break with ‘abd Al-Nasir and the Development of the ‘Palestine First’ Doctrine ---Notes ---5 The PFLP succeeds the ANM and competes with the dominant Fatah movement ---The Palestinian National Covenant Articulates the Meaning of Palestinian National Identity ---Fatah Takes Control of the PLO; The PFLP Vies for Attention through Spectacular Operations ---Expulsion From Jordan ---Redeployment in Lebanon ---The 1973 Arab-Israeli War: A Prelude to Palestinian Diplomacy ---The 1982 Israeli Incursion Into Lebanon ---Notes ---6 The Palestinian national movement since 1988 ---Causes of the Palestinian Uprising ---Declaration of a Palestinian State (November 1988) ---The Effect of the 1990–91 Gulf War on the Middle East and the Plo ---The Palestinian Organizations on the Eve of the 1991 Madrid Conference ---Hamas as the Plo’s Primary Competitor ---The PFLP’s Conditions for Peace ---Notes ---7 Towards an Israel-PLO accord ---Initial Contacts ---Declaration of Principles (Dop) ---The Accord's Impact on the Middle East ---The PFLP Scrambles for a Toehold ---The PFLP Opposes the Dop ---Israel-PLO Accord on Palestinian Self-Rule ---The Palestinian National Authority's Financial Difficulties ---Notes ---8 Ideology ---Marxist-Leninist Theory Explained ---Identifying Friend and Foe ---The Enemy Camp's Components ---Levels of Confrontation ---The Palestinian Context ---The Regional Context ---The International Context ---Notes ---9 Structure ---Organizational Levels ---Chain of Command ---Membership ---Training ---Penalties ---Integrated Military and Political Components ---Interlocking Operational Sections ---Notes ---10 Operating environments and methods ---Friendly Environments ---Tolerant Environments ---Hostile Environments ---Targeting ---International Operations ---Regional Attacks ---Operations On Israeli-Controlled Territory ---Attacks on Fellow Palestinians ---Notes ---11 The PFLP's role and position within the PLO ---The PFLP As Fatah'S Principal Competitor: A Comparison Between Approaches ---International and Regional Alliances ---Al-Karamah Boosts Fatah'S Regional Standing ---PFLP Deals Only With Ideologically Compatible Interlocutors ---Notes ---12 Fatah-PFLP rivalry within the PLO ---Palestinian National Council ---The Executive Committee ---Enforcement of Decisions ---Fatah's Flexibility versus the PFLP's Strict Adherence to Doctrine ---Groups Challenging Fatah's Dominance are Quickly Marginalized ---Alliances of Convenience ---The Limits of Compromise ---The Method in ‘Arafat's ‘Madness’ ---13 Conclusion ---Fatah's Flexibility Widens its Range of Choices ---The PFLP's Inflexibility Severely Limits its Options ---Notes ---Bibliography

Summary: This is a history of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Marxist faction within the Palestinian national movement. Cubert explores the group's background and provides an analysis of its aims, methods, structures and the factors responsible for its decline.

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CONTENTS: --- Preface
---Introduction: Overview of the PFLP's ideology and aims
---Notes
---1 Historical and ideological background
---Islam as the Basis for Arab Nationalism
---The Loss of ‘Arab Character’ in the Ninth Century
---The Establishment of the Ottoman Empire
---The Ottoman Legal System
---D. The Role of Minority Religious Communities
---Notes
---2 Western incursions; Ottoman concessions
---The Physical Threat to the Ottoman Sultanate From Russians and Venetians
---The Extension of Trading Privileges to European Allies
---Early Anti-Ottoman Revolts — the First Challenges to the Sultan's Legitimacy
---The end of Ottoman Illusions: The Scramble to Modernize
---Notes
---3 Arab nationalism: issues and programmes
---The Quiet Internal Reformers: Tahtawi, Khair Al-Din Pasha, and Bustani
---The Militant Reformers: Afghani and ‘Abduh
---The Authentic Arab Nationalists: Rida, Zuraiq, and Husri
---Notes
---4 A history of Palestinian nationalism
---Initial Stirrings
---Formal Institutional Development: 1918–47
---Prelude to Collapse
---Post-War Palestinian Nationalist Trends
---The Pflp's Predecessor: The Arab Nationalists' Movement (Anm)
---The Rise of ‘abd Al-Nasir
---The Anm Builds a Regional Network
---The Anm's 1963 Ideological Split: Pan-Arabists Versus Palestinian Provincialists
---1967: The Anm's Break with ‘abd Al-Nasir and the Development of the ‘Palestine First’ Doctrine
---Notes
---5 The PFLP succeeds the ANM and competes with the dominant Fatah movement
---The Palestinian National Covenant Articulates the Meaning of Palestinian National Identity
---Fatah Takes Control of the PLO; The PFLP Vies for Attention through Spectacular Operations
---Expulsion From Jordan
---Redeployment in Lebanon
---The 1973 Arab-Israeli War: A Prelude to Palestinian Diplomacy
---The 1982 Israeli Incursion Into Lebanon
---Notes
---6 The Palestinian national movement since 1988
---Causes of the Palestinian Uprising
---Declaration of a Palestinian State (November 1988)
---The Effect of the 1990–91 Gulf War on the Middle East and the Plo
---The Palestinian Organizations on the Eve of the 1991 Madrid Conference
---Hamas as the Plo’s Primary Competitor
---The PFLP’s Conditions for Peace
---Notes
---7 Towards an Israel-PLO accord
---Initial Contacts
---Declaration of Principles (Dop)
---The Accord's Impact on the Middle East
---The PFLP Scrambles for a Toehold
---The PFLP Opposes the Dop
---Israel-PLO Accord on Palestinian Self-Rule
---The Palestinian National Authority's Financial Difficulties
---Notes
---8 Ideology
---Marxist-Leninist Theory Explained
---Identifying Friend and Foe
---The Enemy Camp's Components
---Levels of Confrontation
---The Palestinian Context
---The Regional Context
---The International Context
---Notes
---9 Structure
---Organizational Levels
---Chain of Command
---Membership
---Training
---Penalties
---Integrated Military and Political Components
---Interlocking Operational Sections
---Notes
---10 Operating environments and methods
---Friendly Environments
---Tolerant Environments
---Hostile Environments
---Targeting
---International Operations
---Regional Attacks
---Operations On Israeli-Controlled Territory
---Attacks on Fellow Palestinians
---Notes
---11 The PFLP's role and position within the PLO
---The PFLP As Fatah'S Principal Competitor: A Comparison Between Approaches
---International and Regional Alliances
---Al-Karamah Boosts Fatah'S Regional Standing
---PFLP Deals Only With Ideologically Compatible Interlocutors
---Notes
---12 Fatah-PFLP rivalry within the PLO
---Palestinian National Council
---The Executive Committee
---Enforcement of Decisions
---Fatah's Flexibility versus the PFLP's Strict Adherence to Doctrine
---Groups Challenging Fatah's Dominance are Quickly Marginalized
---Alliances of Convenience
---The Limits of Compromise
---The Method in ‘Arafat's ‘Madness’
---13 Conclusion
---Fatah's Flexibility Widens its Range of Choices
---The PFLP's Inflexibility Severely Limits its Options
---Notes
---Bibliography

This is a history of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Marxist faction within the Palestinian national movement. Cubert explores the group's background and provides an analysis of its aims, methods, structures and the factors responsible for its decline.

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