Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command is identified in the book as an organization included on the U.S. Department of State’s list of foreign terrorist organizations dated October 5, 2001. Its significance here is administrative and legal: the text places it within a system that classifies foreign organizations according to statutory criteria and attaches financial and immigration consequences to designation, without describing the group’s own history or operations.

Appearance on the 2001 List

The organization appears as item 20 in the list, under the name “Front populaire de la Palestine/ Commandement général (FPLP-GC).” The surrounding material identifies the document as a foreign terrorist organization list established on October 5, 2001. The entry is a formal listing rather than a narrative account: the book gives no further details about the organization, its members, or the conduct attributed to it.

Criteria and Consequences of Designation

The accompanying explanation says an organization must be foreign, engage in terrorist activity as defined by the Immigration and Nationality Act, and pose a threat to the security of U.S. nationals or to U.S. national security, including national defense, foreign affairs, or economic interests. These criteria describe the government’s basis for designation; the excerpt does not present a separate factual assessment of how the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command met each one. The text also outlines consequences that may follow designation. Foreign representatives and certain members can be denied visas or removed from the United States, while U.S. financial institutions must block funds belonging to designated organizations and their agents and report them to the Office of Foreign Assets Control. The book further notes the stated aims of discouraging donations and increasing public awareness of listed organizations. It does not specify which of these effects, if any, were applied to this organization in particular.

Limits of the Account

The organization’s appearance is brief and confined to the designation framework. The passage does not explain its origins, leadership, political aims, activities, or relationships with other groups, nor does it recount any response to the listing. Accordingly, the entry supports a precise account of how the book records its inclusion in the U.S. list, but not a broader organizational history.