A thread on Palestinian terrorism after the Six Day War of 1967 Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Palestine was associated with international terrorism. These are just some of the hijackings, bombings and shootings they carried out: 🧵⬇️ (1/20)

June 5th, 1968: Robert F. Kennedy assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian immigrant who couldn’t tolerate the democratic victory of a pro-Israel candidate. (2/20)

July 23, 1968: The PFLP hijack El Al Flight 426 from Rome to Tel Aviv, diverting it to Algiers and holding 32 Jewish for 5 weeks. (3/20)

Feb 21, 1969: The PFLP bombs a Jerusalem supermarket, killing 2 youths & wounding 20. The shift to large numbers of civilian targets improve PFLP’s media attention. (4/20)

Aug 29, 1969: PFLP hijack TWA Flight 840 from Rome to Tel Aviv, diverting it to Damascus. There are no fatalities, but 2 hostages are held for 2 months in exchange for two Palestinian criminals held in Israel. One of the hijackers is a woman, Leila Khaled. We’ll hear about her

Feb 21, 1970: In revenge for operating flights to Tel Aviv, PFLP-GC simultaneously bombs Swissair Flight 330 - killing all 47 aboard - and Austrian Airways Flight 901, which manages a miraculous safe emergency landing. (6/20)

Sep 6, 1970: The PFLP hijacks 3 flights, bound from London, Frankfurt, and Zürich, to New York. BOAC Flight 775, TWA Flight 741 & Swissair Flight 100 are diverted to Jordan, where 300 hostages are initially held. The PFLP identify 56 Jewish passengers and use them as bargaining

September 1970: fed up with being used as a base for Palestinian terrorism, King Hussein of Jordan expels the PLO from his country. They form the Black September group, named after this blow, and start by assassinating Jordanian Prime Minister Wasfi al-Tal in Cairo. (9/20)

May 30, 1972 - The Lod Airport Massacre: The PFLP recruits help from the Japanese Red Army in order to give the Palestinian cause credibility as an internationalist cause. The groups throw grenades around and fire indiscriminately into crowds at Lod Airport (now Ben Gurion),

Sep 5, 1972: Black September’s Munich Olympics attack kills 11 Israeli athletes and 1 German policeman. 5 out of the 8 terrorists were also killed, and 3 more taken hostage. The global broadcast and international turmoil stand as one of the greatest PR victories for a terrorist

Oct 29, 1972: Black September hijacks a Lufthansa plane as it’s flying from Beirut to Ankara, demanding the release of the 3 Munich attackers. The terrorists were later freed, showing a weak global response. (12/20)

1973: PLO factions under Arafat’s leadership coordinate dozens of hijackings across Europe & Middle East, targeting civilians to pressure Israel and gain attention. (13/20)

May 8, 1970: PLO’s Avivim school bus massacre in Israel kills 12, including 9 children, with gunfire & grenades. (14/20)

May 22, 1974: PLO’s Maalot massacre sees 21 schoolchildren killed in a hostage crisis in Israel, highlighting their brutal tactics against vulnerable targets. (15/20)

June 27, 1976: The PFLP hijacks Air France Flight 139 while flying from Tel Aviv to Paris and divert it to Entebbe, Uganda. An Israeli rescue operation subsequently frees hostages, but 4 civilians and one Israeli special forces soldier die in the crisis. The Israeli soldier is

Mar 11, 1978: The PLO’s Coastal Road massacre kills 38 Israeli civilians, including 13 children, in a bus hijacking and shooting. (17/20)

Apr 22, 1979: The PLO’s Nahariya attack, led by Samir Kuntar, kills 4, including a father & his 4-year-old daughter, targeting Israeli civilians. (18/20)

1968-1976: Over the course of hijacking 16 planes, attacking El Al offices & other aviation targets, Palestinian terrorist organisations killed at least 20 U.S. civilians and incurred an inestimable cost on global airport security. (19/20)

1980s: The PLO’s exile to Tunis after the 1982 Lebanon invasion reduced attacks, but groups like PFLP-GC continue to run guerrilla operations and weapons smuggling rackets. By the late 1980s, the First Intifada starts, resulting in a new era of Palestinian terrorism. (20/20)

Visegrád 24 Excellent summary of “Palestinian” terrorism for decades. “Palestine” was never an Arab country. They rejected all peace deals. They wish to destroy Israel/Jews. This is why Gaza will never be governed by Ham@s, PA, PIJ, PFLP or any other brand of Jihad. Medieval de@th cult.