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factions. The creation of the Palestinian National Salvation Front was announced on March 25, 1985, by Khalid al-Fahum. The front consisted of the

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, PFLP-GC,

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, the

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, the

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(Talat Yaqub wing) and

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. The Front was founded in reaction to the Amman Accord between

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and

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. The Palestinian National Salvation Front accused the

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leadership of "surrenderism". It was stressed on behalf of the Front that it was not seeking to replace the PLO, but that its foundation was a temporary measure. During the War of the Camps the PNSF had its headquarters in

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refugee camp, which was not one of the camps under siege by Amal. In 1991, the PLO invited the Palestinian National Salvation Front to

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for reconciliation talks.Bidwell.
Dictionary Of Modern Arab History
'. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2012. p. 324

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