The article analyzes Hamas's venture into international terrorism, comparing it to the influential legacy of Palestinian groups and their global impact, supported historically by Arab states and the USSR.
Albert Aji February 22, 2021 - 6:18 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria - Anis Naccache, a former pro-Palestinian militant who participated in the 1975 kidnapping of oil ministers in Vienna, died Monday after battling COVID-19, a Palestinian official and Lebanese media said. He was 69.
Naccache, a Lebanese citizen, participated in attacks around the world but spent much of the past two decades running a Beirut-based think-tank and frequently appeared on TV shows as an analyst on Middle Eastern affairs.
A staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause, and in the past few decades the so-called Iran-led axis of resistance, Naccache last tweeted on Feb. 5 about the crisis over the formation of a new Cabinet in Lebanon.
Authorities will repatriate his remains for burial in Lebanon, said the pro-Damascus Al-Mayadeen television channel.
Screen capture from video of Anis Naccache, a Lebanese pro-Palestinian former terrorist (Anwar AMRO / AFP)
Born in June 1951, Naccache joined late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Fatah group in the early 1970s and also worked closely with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Among those Naccache recruited while with Fatah was arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, who later rose to become Hezbollah’s top operative.
Mughniyeh was implicated in some of the terror group’s major attacks, including the 1992 bombing at the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, and the 1994 bombing of the AMIA building in the Argentinian capital, in which 85 people were killed.
Former pro-Palestinian militant Anis Naccache dies after contracting COVID haaretz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from haaretz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Israel
Monday, February 22, 2021 at 11:49 am | י אדר תשפ א
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -
Monday, February 22, 2021 at 11:49 am | י אדר תשפ א
The scene in the aftermath of the bombing of the U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 23, 1983. (AP Photo/Jim Bourdier)
Anis Naccache, a former pro-Palestinian terrorist who participated in the 1975 kidnapping of oil ministers in Vienna, died Monday after battling COVID-19, a Palestinian official and Lebanese media said. He was 69.
Naccache, a Lebanese citizen, participated in attacks around the world but spent much of the past two decades running a Beirut-based think tank and frequently appeared on news shows as an analyst on Middle Eastern affairs.