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The '''Alliance of Palestinian Forces''' ({{lang-ar|تحالف القوى الفلسطينية}}, abbreviated '''APF''') is a loose [[Damascus]]-based alliance of eight [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] political factions.<ref>''Al-Mustaqbal''. [http://www.almustaqbal.com/stories.aspx?storyid=144897 ملف السلاح الفلسطيني يعيد طرح مشروع "المرجعية الموحدة" خارطة القوى الفلسطينية في لبنان وتوزعاتها الميدانية والسياسية]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Alliance was created in [[Damascus]] in December 1993 by ten Palestinian factions opposed to the negotiations that led up to the [[Oslo Accords]].<ref name="StrindbergWärn2011">{{cite book|author1=Anders Strindberg|author2=Mats Wärn|title=Islamism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZZF-Y9dmyEC&pg=PA91|date=7 November 2011|publisher=Polity|isbn=978-0-7456-4061-7|page=91}}</ref><ref name="Cubert2014">{{cite book|author=Harold M. Cubert|title=The PFLP's Changing Role in the Middle East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHa3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA87|date=3 June 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-22022-8|pages=87, 91}}</ref> Amongst the ten founding members all but [[Hamas]] were headquartered in Damascus.<ref name="st"/> Eight of the founding members were previously members of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO), the other two being Hamas and [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine|Palestinian Islamic Jihad]]. Two factions left the Alliance in 1998. | {{Infobox War Faction | ||
| name = Alliance of Palestinian Forces<br>تحالف القوى الفلسطينية | |||
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| leaders = {{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Ahmed Yassin]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Khaled Mashal]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Ismail Haniyeh]]<br>{{flagicon image|PFLP Infobox Flag.svg}} [[George Habash]]<br>{{flagicon image|Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine - Flag.svg|size=22px}} [[Nayef Hawatmeh]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Islamic_Jihad_Movement_in_Palestine.svg}} [[Fathi Shaqaqi]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Islamic_Jihad_Movement_in_Palestine.svg}} [[Ramadan Shalah]]<br>{{flagicon image|PFLP-GC Flag.svg}} [[Ahmed Jibril]] | |||
| active = Since 1993 | |||
| clans = {{flagicon image|Flag of Hamas.svg}} [[Hamas]]<br>{{flagicon image|PFLP Infobox Flag.svg}} [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] <small>(until 1998)</small><br>{{flagicon image|Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine - Flag.svg|size=22px}} [[Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] <small>(until 1998)</small><br>{{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Islamic_Jihad_Movement_in_Palestine.svg}} [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine]]<br>{{flagicon image|PFLP-GC Flag.svg}} [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg}} [[as-Sa'iqa]]<br>{{flagicon image|Fatah Flag.svg}} [[Fatah al-Intifada]]<br>[[Palestinian Liberation Front (Abu Nidal Ashqar wing)|Palestinian Liberation Front]]<br>[[Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (1991)|Palestinian Popular Struggle Front]]<br>[[Revolutionary Palestinian Communist Party]] | |||
| headquarters = [[Damascus]] | |||
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| allies = {{flag|Syria}} | |||
| opponents = {{flag|Israel}}<br>{{flagicon image|Fatah Flag.svg}} [[Fatah]] | |||
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|ideology = [[Anti-Zionism]]<br>[[Palestinian nationalism]] | |||
| predecessor = [[Rejectionist Front]] (non-official) | |||
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}} | |||
The '''Alliance of Palestinian Forces''' ({{lang-ar|تحالف القوى الفلسطينية}}, abbreviated '''APF''') is a loose [[Damascus]]-based alliance of eight [[Palestinians|Palestinian]] political factions.<ref>''Al-Mustaqbal''. [http://www.almustaqbal.com/stories.aspx?storyid=144897 ملف السلاح الفلسطيني يعيد طرح مشروع "المرجعية الموحدة" خارطة القوى الفلسطينية في لبنان وتوزعاتها الميدانية والسياسية]{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Alliance was created in [[Damascus]] in December 1993 by ten Palestinian factions opposed to the negotiations that led up to the [[Oslo Accords]].<ref name="StrindbergWärn2011">{{cite book|author1=Anders Strindberg|author2=Mats Wärn|title=Islamism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZZF-Y9dmyEC&pg=PA91|date=7 November 2011|publisher=Polity|isbn=978-0-7456-4061-7|page=91}}</ref><ref name="Cubert2014">{{cite book|author=Harold M. Cubert|title=The PFLP's Changing Role in the Middle East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHa3AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA87|date=3 June 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-22022-8|pages=87, 91}}</ref> Amongst the ten founding members all but [[Hamas]] were headquartered in Damascus.<ref name="st" /> Eight of the founding members were previously members of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO), the other two being Hamas and [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine|Palestinian Islamic Jihad]]. Two factions left the Alliance in 1998. | |||
The Alliance calls for the liberation of all Palestinian lands.<ref name="StrindbergWärn2011"/><ref name="Cubert2014"/> It has sometimes been referred to as the ''''Damascus 10''''.<ref name="Scheller2014">{{cite book|author=Bente Scheller|title=The Wisdom of Syria's Waiting Game: Foreign Policy Under the Assads|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bEheBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA54|date=2 January 2014|publisher=Hurst|isbn=978-1-84904-501-8|page=54}}</ref><ref name="Milton-Edwards1999">{{cite book|author=Beverley Milton-Edwards|title=Islamic Politics in Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/islamicpoliticsi00beve|url-access=registration|date=10 December 1999|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-86064-475-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/islamicpoliticsi00beve/page/162 162]}}</ref> The [[Islamism|Islamist]] Hamas, [[Fatah]]'s main political rival, did not participate in the [[1996 Palestinian general election]], taking the position that doing so would lend legitimacy to the [[Palestinian National Authority]] (PNA), which was created out of what they called unacceptable negotiations and compromises with [[Israel]]. Hamas also boycotted the [[2005 Palestinian presidential election]], but fielded candidates at the [[2006 Palestinian legislative election]], winning 74 of the 128 seats in the [[Palestinian Legislative Council]], and subsequently forming government. | The Alliance calls for the liberation of all Palestinian lands.<ref name="StrindbergWärn2011"/><ref name="Cubert2014"/> It has sometimes been referred to as the ''''Damascus 10''''.<ref name="Scheller2014">{{cite book|author=Bente Scheller|title=The Wisdom of Syria's Waiting Game: Foreign Policy Under the Assads|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bEheBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA54|date=2 January 2014|publisher=Hurst|isbn=978-1-84904-501-8|page=54}}</ref><ref name="Milton-Edwards1999">{{cite book|author=Beverley Milton-Edwards|title=Islamic Politics in Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/islamicpoliticsi00beve|url-access=registration|date=10 December 1999|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-86064-475-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/islamicpoliticsi00beve/page/162 162]}}</ref> The [[Islamism|Islamist]] Hamas, [[Fatah]]'s main political rival, did not participate in the [[1996 Palestinian general election]], taking the position that doing so would lend legitimacy to the [[Palestinian National Authority]] (PNA), which was created out of what they called unacceptable negotiations and compromises with [[Israel]]. Hamas also boycotted the [[2005 Palestinian presidential election]], but fielded candidates at the [[2006 Palestinian legislative election]], winning 74 of the 128 seats in the [[Palestinian Legislative Council]], and subsequently forming government. | ||
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*[[Palestinian Liberation Front (Abu Nidal Ashqar wing)|Palestinian Liberation Front]] (PLF, Abu Nidal Ashqar faction) | *[[Palestinian Liberation Front (Abu Nidal Ashqar wing)|Palestinian Liberation Front]] (PLF, Abu Nidal Ashqar faction) | ||
*[[Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (1991)|Palestinian Popular Struggle Front]] (PPSF, [[Khalid ‘Abd al-Majid]] faction) | *[[Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (1991)|Palestinian Popular Struggle Front]] (PPSF, [[Khalid ‘Abd al-Majid]] faction) | ||
*[[Revolutionary Palestinian Communist Party]] (RPCP).<ref name="dk">Udlændinge Styrelsen. ''[https://www.nyidanmark.dk/NR/rdonlyres/49070685-2BBE-4F15-91CA-874E238B2581/0/Syria281002.pdf Report on fact-finding mission to Syria and Lebanon]''</ref><ref name="ab">''Al-Bayan''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071122232833/http://www.albayan.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=Article&cid=1164201518878&pagename=Albayan%2FArticle%2FFullDetail حركة فتح المجلس الثوري تتخذ الاغتيالات وسيلة لترجمة مواقفها السياسية]</ref><ref>''Gulf News''. ''[http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/palestine/homeless-and-neglected-1.656765 Homeless and neglected]''</ref> | *[[Revolutionary Palestinian Communist Party]] (RPCP).<ref name="dk">Udlændinge Styrelsen. ''[https://www.nyidanmark.dk/NR/rdonlyres/49070685-2BBE-4F15-91CA-874E238B2581/0/Syria281002.pdf Report on fact-finding mission to Syria and Lebanon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193110/https://www.nyidanmark.dk/NR/rdonlyres/49070685-2BBE-4F15-91CA-874E238B2581/0/Syria281002.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}''</ref><ref name="ab">''Al-Bayan''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071122232833/http://www.albayan.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=Article&cid=1164201518878&pagename=Albayan%2FArticle%2FFullDetail حركة فتح المجلس الثوري تتخذ الاغتيالات وسيلة لترجمة مواقفها السياسية]</ref><ref>''Gulf News''. ''[http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/palestine/homeless-and-neglected-1.656765 Homeless and neglected]''</ref> | ||
The two main secular factions, the PFLP and the DFLP, left the Alliance in 1998 as a result of their willingness to engage in dialogue with Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority.<ref name="ab"/> | The two main secular factions, the PFLP and the DFLP, left the Alliance in 1998 as a result of their willingness to engage in dialogue with Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority.<ref name="ab"/> | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.tahaaluf.com APF website] | *[http://www.tahaaluf.com APF website] | ||
[[Category:1993 establishments in Syria]] | [[Category:1993 establishments in Syria]] | ||
[[Category:Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] | [[Category:Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] | ||