From the mid-1970s , the group occupied a political stance midway between Yasser Arafat and the PLO hardliners . The DFLP condemned attacks outside Israel ( such as the aircraft hijackings for which the Habash PFLP gained notoriety ) and was essential in making the binational state the goal of the PLO in the 1970s , insisting on the need for cooperation between Arabs and Jews . Still , while pioneering Palestinian-Israeli peace talks through making early contact with Jewish and Israeli peace campaigners , including Matzpen , the DFLP simultaneously conducted numerous small bombings and minor assaults against Israeli targets , refusing to give up the armed struggle . The Ma'alot massacre of 1974 , an attack on Israeli school in which 27 people were killed , was the group 's largest attack
Ma'alot massacre
Ma'alot massacre
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine