NCJ Number
30409
Journal
CONFLICT STUDIES Issue: 38 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1973) Pages: 3-18
Date Published
1973
Length
16 pages
Annotation
ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND INTERNAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE MOVEMENT (FEDAYEEN) SINCE IT STEPPED UP TERRORIST ACTIVITY AFTER BEING DEFEATED AS A GUERRILLA MOVEMENT BY JORDAN IN 1970.
Abstract
THE ANALYSIS CONSIDERS SUCH THINGS AS THE FEDAYEEN'S INABILITY TO RESOLVE INTERNAL IDEOLOGICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL DIFFERENCES, ITS RELATION TO ISRAEL'S NEIGHBORING ARAB STATES AND TO COMMUNIST INFLUENCE, ITS LACK OF TERRITORY AND HENCE SANCTUARY, AND THE NATURE OF ITS TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. THE MOVEMENT'S COMMAND STRUCTURE AND THE OPERATIONS OF CERTAIN OF ITS MEMBER GROUPS, SUCH AS BLACK SEPTEMBER, ARE DISCUSSED.