TY - BOOK AU - Cubert, Harold M. TI - The PFLP’s Changing Role in the Middle East SN - 9780714643298 U1 - 324.25694'08 PY - 1997/// CY - London/NY; PB - Frank Cass; KW - DS114-128.2 History of Asia- (Palestine)- History KW - Occupied Palestine فلسطين المحتلة KW - National liberation movement حركة التحرر الوطني N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -