Eight Arabs Arrested for Throwing Firebombs Near Jerusalem

Via Eight Arabs Arrested for Throwing Firebombs Near Jerusalem:

Israeli security forces arrested eight residents of Issawiya, north of Jerusalem, who have confessed to throwing Molotov cocktails at Israeli vehicles in and around the capital, according to a report cleared for publication on Thursday. They admitted to being part of a cell of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).

Who is George Habash?

George Habash was a palestinian who enjoyed murdering Jews. And now, at last, he's dead. From Terrorism's Christian Godfather: George Habash Dies :

You could call George Habash, a Palestinian leader who died in Amman on Saturday at the age of 82, the godfather of Middle East terrorism.

Habash's group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), pioneered the hijacking of airplanes as a Middle East terror tactic - one eventually employed by the al-Qaeda hijackers on 9/11 - way back in 1968 when three PFLP armed operatives commandeered an Israeli El Al airliner enroute from Rome to Tel Aviv. Checking in for a flight has never been the same since.

In 1970, PFLP terrorists hijacked four airliners at one time, flew three of them to Jordan, blew them up, and triggered the Black September civil war between Jordan's Hashemite monarchy and Palestinians.

In 1972, Japanese Red Army terrorists working with the PFLP massacred 24 people at Israel's international airport.

In 1976, the PFLP's last hijacking ended in the daring rescue by Israeli counter-terrorism commandos in Entebbe, Uganda.

Habash succeeded in raising awareness of the Palestinian cause, yet his extreme, vengeful methods also helped drench it in blood, and likely brought Palestinians no closer to freedom and dignity.

Rot in hell, pathogen.

Palestinian Terrorists Planned to Blow Up Synagogue, Kidnap U.S. Citizens

From Palestinian Terrorists Planned to Blow Up Synagogue, Kidnap U.S. Citizens:

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) uncovered a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) cell that had planned a series of attacks, including bombing a Modi'in synagogue and kidnapping U.S. citizens in the West Bank, according to information made public Tuesday. PFLP member Ramzi Sharona, who had been illegally working as a laborer in Modi'in, said he intended to plant an explosive device in a nearby synagogue, blow it up, and then flee to Ramallah. In addition, the cell was planning to kidnap U.S. civilians in order to swap them for jailed PFLP leader Ahmed Sa'adat, shoot motorists on a Modi'in road, and attack Israel Defense Forces soldiers in Hebron.