Leila Khaled

Palestinian refugee, former militant, and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine · Israel · Actors · Born 1944 · age 82

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Leila Khaled is a Palestinian activist and former militant who is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). She is famous for her role in two plane-hijackings, and was the second woman to be involved in such an operation.

A life in dates

2024“Now there are no more secrets.”In their words17 January 2024Interview with Peoples Dispatch (17 Jan 2024)Read the whole statement

2023“I apologized to the passengers. We didn’t hurt anyone. The passengers were all released and went back to their homes - but we didn’t go back to our homes.”In their words25 July 2023Interview with New Internationalist (25 Jul 2023)Read the whole statement

2016“I never had a whole pencil, always half. My mother used to cut it into two so every child could go to school.”In their words4 August 2016Explaining the poverty of her childhood as a refugee to Vice (4 Aug 2016)Read the whole statement

“I am a freedom fighter, whatever that means or whatever the media that is controlled by Zionism and the imperialists say. They can give us or label us whatever they want.”In their words30 June 2016When asked if she is a terrorist in an interview with Euronews (30 Jun 2016)Read the whole statement

2014“The leadership chose to go for the Oslo Accords [in 1991], thinking that this was a step forward in achieving the main rights of the Palestinians.”In their words7 April 2014Interview with The Palestine Chronicle (7 Apr 2014)Read the whole statement

2006“Who decides and defines what terrorism is? As far as I'm concerned, occupation is terrorism. My people and I have a right to fight it. I don't care what others call it.”In their wordsLeila Khaled: Hijacker (2006)Read the whole statement

1944Born9 April 1944

Also in Deutsch

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Khaled in Sweden in 2011

In their own words 10

Leila Khaled

10 statements, newest first

In 1969, Wadie Haddad asked me if I was ready to die, and I said yes.
Dec 23, 2024, Interview with Mondoweiss (23 Dec 2024), Own words
Now there are no more secrets.
Jan 17, 2024, Interview with Peoples Dispatch (17 Jan 2024), Own words
Now Israel wants to say that they are attacking Hamas, but the children are not Hamas, women are not Hamas. They are attacking our people, and it’s a genocide attack this time.
Oct 27, 2023, Interview with Capire (27 Oct 2023), Own words