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A FORMER Palestinian plane hijacker due to appear at the West Belfast Festival next week has been refused a visa to enter the UK, it can be revealed today.
Leila Khaled was scheduled to speak at a discussion headlined ‘Palestine Today - The Peace Process and Hopes for the Future’ at St Mary’s University College on the Falls Road next Tuesday.
The former fighter and current member of the Palestine National Council became a household name in 1970 when she was held in London during an international hijacking crisis which became known as Black September.
Khaled had led an attempted hijacking of an El Al flight from Amsterdam but was overpowered and arrested on arrival in the UK. Her colleague died in the struggle.
Khaled was later set free in exchange for the release of 56 western hostages.
She also successfully hijacked a TWA airliner in 1969.
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=654051
A FORMER Palestinian plane hijacker due to appear at the West Belfast Festival next week has been refused a visa to enter the UK, it can be revealed today.
Leila Khaled was scheduled to speak at a discussion headlined ‘Palestine Today - The Peace Process and Hopes for the Future’ at St Mary’s University College on the Falls Road next Tuesday.
The former fighter and current member of the Palestine National Council became a household name in 1970 when she was held in London during an international hijacking crisis which became known as Black September.
Khaled had led an attempted hijacking of an El Al flight from Amsterdam but was overpowered and arrested on arrival in the UK. Her colleague died in the struggle.
Khaled was later set free in exchange for the release of 56 western hostages.
She also successfully hijacked a TWA airliner in 1969.
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=654051