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Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command

Designation status by government

Listed by the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom; not on the UN list as of 16 Oct 2026.

  • UN Security CouncilNot on the list as of 16 Oct 2026
  • United StatesOn the list; file date 1995
  • European UnionOn the list; file date 2003
  • United KingdomOn the list; file date 2020

A designation is a government act, not an MEF finding. Each line below quotes the list and links the government’s own notice.

Listing Timeline

Listing timeline for Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command Earliest dated act and later amendments carried in each list file, 1995 to 2026. The table below gives every dated event. 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 US (OFAC) 24 Jan 1995 EU 22 Dec 2003 UK list 31 Dec 2020 UK proscribed June 2014
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Status on Each List

  1. UN Security Council Consolidated ListAs of 16 Oct 2026

    Not on UN list as of 16 Oct 2026

    Not on the UN Security Council Consolidated List as of 16 Oct 2026. Checked against this list's names and aliases on 17 Oct 2026; editor review pending.

    The list at source
  2. U.S. OFAC SDN ListAs of 18 Oct 2026

    On the list

    The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) lists POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE - GENERAL COMMAND (entry 4710). OFAC entry created 24 Jan 1995.

    Program as written on the list: “FTO; SDGT”

    Official list entry

    U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, "POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE - GENERAL COMMAND," U.S. OFAC SDN List, entry 4710, accessed 18 Oct 2026.

  3. EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions ListAs of 15 Oct 2026

    On the list

    The Council of the European Union lists PFLP — General Command (entry EU.3700.46).

    Program as written on the list: “TERR”

    Official list entry

    Council of the European Union, "PFLP — General Command," EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, EU.3700.46, file of 15 Oct 2026.

  4. UK Sanctions ListAs of 16 Oct 2026

    On the list

    The UK government lists The Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine - General Command (entry CTI0039). UK designation date in the file: 31 Dec 2020, the day the current UK sanctions regulations took effect.

    Program as written on the list: “The Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019”

    Statement of reasons, quoted from the list: “The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command (PFLP-GC) is a nationalist Palestinian organization which was founded in 1968. The PFLP-GC has carried out numerous terrorist attacks in Europe and the Middle East and has repeatedly stated that its aim is establishing a global Islamic state by violent means.”

    Official list entry

    UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, "The Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine - General Command," UK Sanctions List, CTI0039, list of 16 Oct 2026.

  5. U.S. OFAC Non-SDN Consolidated ListAs of 18 Oct 2026

    Not on US non-SDN list as of 18 Oct 2026

    Not on the U.S. OFAC Non-SDN Consolidated List as of 18 Oct 2026. Checked against this list's names and aliases on 17 Oct 2026; editor review pending.

    The list at source
  6. UK proscribed organisations (Home Office)As of 17 Oct 2026

    Proscribed

    The UK Home Office list of proscribed organisations under the Terrorism Act 2000 carries the heading Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC): Proscribed June 2014. Proscription is a separate legal instrument from the UK Sanctions List.

    Official notice

    UK Home Office, "Proscribed Terrorist Groups or Organisations," GOV.UK, accessed 17 Oct 2026.

Listing History

Dated events as carried in each list file. OFAC dates are the entry-creation dates in OFAC’s advanced SDN file.
DateListEventAct or source
24 Jan 1995US SDNOFAC entry createdOFAC SDN entry
22 Dec 2003EUEU act amending the entry2003/902/EC (OJ L340)
16 Mar 2005EUEU act amending the entry2005/221/CFSP (OJ L69)
31 May 2006EUEU act amending the entry2006/379/EC (OJ L144)
29 Jun 2007EUEU act amending the entry2007/445/EC (OJ L169)
16 Jul 2008EUEU act amending the entry2008/583/EC (OJ L188)
16 Jun 2009EUEU regulation replacing an earlier act (entry carried over)501/2009 (OJ L151)
14 Jan 2020EUEU act amending the entry2020/19 (OJ L8I)
31 Dec 2020UKUK designationUK Sanctions List CTI0039
21 Jul 2023EUEU act amending the entry2023/1505 (OJ L184)
16 Jan 2024EUEU act amending the entry2024/329 (OJ L16012024)
31 Jan 2025EUEU act amending the entry2025/206 (L 202500206)
9 Apr 2025UKUK entry last updatedUK Sanctions List CTI0039

Names as Listed

  • POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE - GENERAL COMMAND
  • PFLP-GC
  • PFLP — General Command
  • Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command
  • Comando generale del PFLP
  • FPEP – Comandamentul General
  • FPLP — Comando General
  • FPLP — Comando Geral
  • FPLP — Commandement général
  • FPLP-CG
  • Folkefronten til Palæstinas Befrielse-Generalkommandoen
  • Folkfronten för Palestinas befrielse – Generalkommandot
  • Frente Popular de Liberación de Palestina — Comando General
  • Frente Popular de Libertação da Palestina — Comando Geral
  • Front populaire de libération de la Palestine — Commandement général
  • Fronta Pobail i gcomhair Shaoirse na Palaistíne — Ceannas Ginearálta
  • Fronte popolare di liberazione della Palestina — Comando generale
  • Frontul Popular pentru Eliberarea Palestinei – Comandamentul General
  • Generalkommando der Volksfront für die Befreiung Palästinas
  • Il-Front Popolari għal-Liberazzjoni tal-Palestina – Kmand Ġenerali
  • Ljudska fronta za osvoboditev Palestine – glavno poveljstvo
  • Ljudska fronta za osvoboditev Palestine – splošno poveljstvo
  • Ludowy Front Wyzwolenia Palestyny – Naczelne Dowództwo
  • Narodna fronta za oslobođenje Palestine — Glavni stožer
  • Népi Front Palesztina Felszabadításért – Főparancsnokság
  • PFLP -Főparancsnokság
  • PFLP peastaap
  • PFLP – Kmand Ġenerali
  • PFLP – Naczelne Dowództwo
  • PFLP – glavno poveljstvo
  • PFLP – splošno poveljstvo
  • PFLP – virsvadība
  • PFLP — Ceannas Ginearálta
  • PFLP — Glavni stožer
  • PFLP-Hlavné veliteľstvo
  • PFLP:n keskuskomento
  • PILF Aukščiausioji vadovybė
  • Palestiina Vabastamise Rahvarinde peastaap
  • Palestiinan vapautuksen kansanrintama – keskuskomento
  • Palestinos išlaisvinimo žmonių fronto Aukščiausioji vadovybė
  • Palestīnas atbrīvošanas Tautas Fronte – virsvadība
  • Volksfront voor de bevrijding van Palestina-Algemeen Commando
  • Vrchní velitelství Lidové fronty za osvobození Palestiny
  • Ľudový front za oslobodenie Palestíny – hlavné veliteľstvo
  • Λαϊκό Μέτωπο για την Απελευθέρωση της Παλαιστίνης — Γενική ∆ιοίκηση
  • Народен Фронт за освобождение на Палестина – Общо командване
  • Народен фронт за освобождение на Палестина — Главно командване
  • The Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine - General Command
  • PFLP - General Command

Identifiers

EU:219, UK:CTI0039, US:4710

Entries are joined across lists only by a shared UN reference number, IMO number or an editor’s hand-checked crosswalk (this entity is in the crosswalk).