Albanese government urged not to grant visa to Palestinian activist and plane hijacker ahead of socialist conference Anthony Albanese is facing growing calls to ban a Palestinian activist and plane hijacker who glorified the Hamas October 7 attacks from entering Australia ahead of a planned conference in Perth.

February 26, 2024   

(Sky News) The government is being urged to urgently block a pro-Palestinian activist and member of a listed terrorist organisation from entering Australia.

Leila Khaled is booked as a keynote speaker at the Socialist Alliance and Green Left’s Ecosocialism conference in Perth in June, but her entrance into Australia is being met with fierce backlash due to her activist history.

A member of the extreme Marxist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — a listed terrorist group — Khaled rose to prominence for her involvement in attacks in the 1960s and 1970s.

In 1969, Khaled played a key role in the hijacking of the Trans World Airlines Flight 840 from Rome to Tel Aviv before attempting to hijack El Al Flight 219 from Amsterdam to New York in 1970.

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