News stories by Jon Elmer interviews Palestinian icon LEILA KHALED

  1. Q&A: 'This Calm Will Not Last'

    - Inter Press Service

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    Leila Khaled became an instant icon of the Palestinian struggle in 1969, when at 24 she was an operative in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacking of a Boeing 707, the first in a series of high-profile actions intended to put the Palestinians on the political map.

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