The PFLP leader was subsequently sentenced to 30 years in an Israeli prison for heading an "illegal terrorist organisation" but was never charged with Zeevi's murder due to a lack of evidence.
The PFLP in Gaza wanted to claim responsibility for the attack, the West Bank did not.
The PFLP and the Popular Resistance Committees also joined in the fighting.
The PFLP and DFLP even made a few abortive attempts at fedayeen operations inside Israel.
The PFLP were once the second most popular group in Palestine.
The PFLP and the Japanese Red Army carried out a shooting rampage at the same airport, killing twenty-four civilians.
The PFLP shares this view with another secular Marxist organization, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP).
The PFLP and the DFLP established connections with revolutionary groups such as the Red Army Faction of West Germany, the Action Directe of France, the Red Brigades of Italy, the Japanese Red Army and the Tupamaros of Uruguay.
Like the PFLP, ASALA was Marxist in ideology.
Six of the PFLP supporters, he points out, were also charged with routine visa violations.
