NCJ Number
32301
Date Published
1973
Length
183 pages
Annotation
ASSESSMENT OF THE STRUGGLE OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IN THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR USES THE TERM FEDAYEEN TO IDENTIFY THE GROUP OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES WHO PARTICIPATE IN ANTI-ISRAELI ACTIVITIES. THE FEDAYEEN ARE EXAMINED FROM THEIR RISE AS A NEGOTIATING POWER WITH WORLD SYMPATHY THROUGH THEIR DECLINE CAUSED BY HOSTILITY GENERATED BY THE WORLD-WIDE TERRORIST ACTIVITIES OF THE BLACK SEPTEMBER FACTION. INDIVIDUAL CAMPAIGNS OF TERROR SUCH AS THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE KILLINGS IN MUNICH, THE KHARTOUM MURDERS, AND THE LOD AIRPORT MASSACRE ARE DISCUSSED. INTERVIEWS WITH USUALLY INACCESSIBLE KEY FIGURES IN THE MIDDLE EAST ARE INCLUDED TO HELP UNTANGLE MYTHS SURROUNDING THE BELIEFS, MOTIVATIONS, AND GOALS OF THE FEDAYEEN.