Like Nasser , Gaddafi favoured the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and his group , Fatah , over more militant and Marxist Palestinian groups . As the years progressed however , Gaddafi 's relationship with Arafat became strained , with Gaddafi considering him too moderate and calling for more violent action . Instead , he supported militias like the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine , Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command , the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine , As-Sa ' iqa , the Palestinian Popular Struggle Front , and the Abu Nidal Organization . He funded the Black September Organization whose members perpetrated the 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes in West Germany and had the killed militants ' bodies flown to Libya for a hero 's funeral
Munich massacre
Munich massacre
Muammar Gaddafi