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Membership
The PLO has no central decision-making or mechanism that enables it to directly
control its factions, but they are supposed to follow the PLO charter and
Executive Committee decisions. Membership has fluctuated, and some organizations
have left the PLO or suspended membership during times of political turbulence,
but most often these groups eventually rejoined the organization. Note: Not all
PLO-activists are members of one of the factions - for example, many PNC
delegates are elected as independents.
Present members include:
Fatah (Palestinian National Liberation Movement) - Largest faction, social
democratic/nationalist.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) - Second largest,
radically militant and Communist
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) - Third largest,
Communist
The Palestinian People's Party (PPP) - Ex-Communist, non-militant.
The Palestine Liberation Front (PLF, Abu Abbas faction) - Minor left-wing
faction.
The Arab Liberation Front (ALF) - Minor faction, aligned to the Iraqi Ba'ath
Party.
As-Sa'iqa - Syrian-controlled Ba'athist faction.
The Palestine Democratic Union (Fida) - Minor left-wing faction, non-militant
The Palestinian Popular Struggle Front (PPSF, Samir Ghawsha faction) - minor
left-wing faction.
The Palestinian Arab Front (PAF) - minor faction.
Former member groups of the PLO include:
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC)
Fatah Uprising/Abu Musa Faction.
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