George Habash

Young Arab nationalists build a movement after the Nakba

📅 1951

Organizations/movement: Emerging Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM). Action: Habash and colleagues developed networks and organizing during 1951–1952, building on student activism and the shock of the...

The Arab Nationalist Movement is announced at an Amman congress

📅 Desèmber 1956

Organizations/movement: Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM). Action: Habash announced the movement at a general congress following several years of organizing. Result: A secular pan-Arab framework...

The PFLP publicly announces its formation

📅 11 Desèmber 1967

Organizations/movement: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Action: Several commando groups merged and announced the PFLP. Result: A new coalition emerged from Arab nationalist...