{{Short description|Palestinian coalition}} {{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Infobox War Faction | name = Palestinian National Salvation Front<br/>{{nobold|{{lang|ar|جبهة الانقاذ الوطني الفلسطيني}}}} | war = [[Lebanese Civil War]] | image = | caption = | active = 1985–1991 | leaders = | clans = {{flagicon|Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine}} [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine|PFLP]]<br>{{flagicon image|PFLP-GC Flag.svg}} [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command|PFLP–GC]]<br/>{{flagicon image|Flag of the Ba'ath Party.svg}} [[as-Sa'iqa]]<br/>{{flagicon|Palestine}} [[Palestinian Popular Struggle Front]]<br/> {{flagicon image|Red flag.svg}} [[Palestinian Liberation Front]] <small>(Talat Yaqub wing)</small><br/>{{flagicon image|Fatah Flag Vector Graphic.svg}} [[Fatah al-Intifada]] | headquarters = | area = [[Lebanon]] | size = | predecessor = | successor = | allies = {{flagicon image|Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg}} [[Ba'athist Syria|Syria]]<br>{{flagicon image|Marada-flag.png}} [[Zgharta Liberation Army|Marada Brigades]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the Amal Movement.svg|22px}} [[Amal Movement]] | opponents = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Lebanese Forces.svg}} [[Lebanese Forces (militia)|Lebanese Forces]]<br>{{flagicon|Palestine}} [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] }} The '''Palestinian National Salvation Front''' ({{langx|ar|جبهة الانقاذ الوطني الفلسطيني}}) ('''PNSF''') was a coalition of [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] factions. The creation of the Palestinian National Salvation Front was announced on March 25, 1985, by Khalid al-Fahum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/palestinian-national-salvation-front|title=Palestinian National Salvation Front|publisher=[[www.encyclopedia.com]]}}</ref> The front consisted of the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine|PFLP]], [[PFLP-GC]], [[as-Sa'iqa]], the [[Palestinian Popular Struggle Front]], the [[Palestinian Liberation Front (Abu Nidal Ashqar wing)|Palestinian Liberation Front]] (Talat Yaqub wing) and [[Fatah al-Intifada]].<ref name="la">{{Cite web |last=Archives |first=L. A. Times |date=1985-03-25 |title=6 Palestinian Units Unite to Oppose Arafat |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-25-mn-21325-story.html |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Sayigh2015">{{cite book|author=Rosemary Sayigh|title=Too Many Enemies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3dXJCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA260|date=7 May 2015|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-82-999320-5-9|page=260}}</ref> The Front was founded in reaction to the [[Amman Accord]] between [[Yasser Arafat]] and [[King Hussein]] of [[Jordan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bidwell |first=Robin Leonard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi_CThWrKCAC&pg=PA30 |title=Dictionary of Modern Arab History: An A to Z of Over 2,000 Entries from 1798 to the Present Day |date=1998 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-7103-0505-3 |language=en}}</ref>
The Palestinian National Salvation Front accused the [[PLO]] 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.<ref name="la"/>
During the [[War of the Camps]] the PNSF had its headquarters in [[Mar Elias refugee camp|Mar Elias]] refugee camp, which was not one of the camps under siege by [[Amal Militia|Amal]]. <ref>[[Middle East International]] No 292, 23 January 1987; Publishers [[Christopher Mayhew|Lord Mayhew]], [[Dennis Walters|Dennis Walters MP]]; ‘a correspondent’ pp.12-13; No 289, 5 December 1986; [[Jim Muir]] pp.10-11</ref>
In 1991, the PLO invited the Palestinian National Salvation Front to [[Tunis]] for reconciliation talks.<ref>Bidwell. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi_CThWrKCAC&pg=PA324 Dictionary Of Modern Arab History]''. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2012. p. 324</ref>
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