Leila Khaled (Arabic: ليلى خالد, Arabic pronunciation: [ˈlajla ˈxaːled] born April 9, 1944) is a former Palestinian militant and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). She is famous as the first woman to hijack an airplane.
How Leila Khaled Became the Anti-Israel Icon
The anti-Israel movement is enamored with Leila Khaled. A terrorist with the distinction of being the first female Palestinian hijacker, Khaled is the most famous member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), an organization designated as a terrorist group by America, Canada, Australia, Japan and the European Union.
After hijacking two planes, she not only walks free today – which she did after both hijackings – but is a leader in the anti-Israel movement. That movement has unapologetically made her their hero.
Across college campuses and social media, Leila Khaled’s picture adorns university “apartheid” walls, posters, advertisements, backpacks and buttons. The most iconic picture of her shows her swathed in a Palestinian keffiyeh cradling an AK-47. It was taken shortly after her release following her first hijacking in 1969.
The photograph has become an icon for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) – a resistance movement formed in 1967 to struggle against the Israeli occupation of Palestine – for which Leila was an activist and leader.
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