RED LEBANON

Events that shaped the countries of the Mediterranean

An episode from the series ECHOES OF HISTORY

Synopsis

On May 30, 1972, a deadly bomb attack hit Tel Aviv airport. As images of the massacre, which killed 26 and wounded over 80, are replayed on television around the world, all eyes are on the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), now accused of indiscriminately striking Israeli civilians.

However, the perpetrators of this kamikaze attack, the first of its kind in the Middle East, come from a much more distant country: Japan.

For several months, many Japanese Red Army fighters hunted down in their homeland have been moving to Lebanon to join their PLF brothers-in-arms in a struggle against both the State of Israel and its American ally.