Editing Palestinian Liberation Front (section)

=== 1990 beach raid ===
In May 1990, the PLF launched an attack on Israel's Nizanim beach, near [[Tel Aviv]], urged on by Iraq to torpedo the moves towards a negotiated solution between the PLO and Israel. The attackers had intended to kill tourists and Israeli civilians, but this was prevented. However, the action was significant, in that the failure of [[Yasser Arafat]] to condemn this attack led to the United States backing out of the American–Palestinian dialogue that had begun in 1988. Despite Arafat's official silence on the issue, the PLF suffered heavy internal criticism within the PLO, and Abu Abbas had to step down from his seat on the executive committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/irp/threat/terror_90/mideast.html|title=Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1990 – Middle East Overview|publisher=Federation of American Scientists}}</ref>