Palestinian Liberation Front
Palestinian Liberation Front جبهة التحرير الفلسطينية | |
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| Leader | Wasel Abu Yousef |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Headquarters | Ramallah, Palestine |
| Ideology | Ba'athism Secularism Arab socialism Palestinian nationalism |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| National affiliation | PLO |
The Palestinian Liberation Front (Arabic: جبهة التحرير الفلسطينية, PLF), also known as the Palestine Liberation Front - Abu Abbas Faction or Palestine Liberation Front, is a minor left-wing Palestinian political faction. It carried out the Achille Lauro hijacking in 1985. Since 1997, the PLF has been a designated terrorist organization by the United States and by Canada since 2003. The PLF has also been banned in Japan.
In 1996, the party took part in the 1996 Palestinian general election, winning 0.11% of the vote. The party also ran in the 2006 Palestinian legislative election under the name ‘Martyr Abu Abbas’, and received 0.30% of the vote.