Which ship was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists in the Mediterranean in 1985?
Mediterranean Shipping Company Trieste and Izmir, results in view of a more tight collaboration in between MSC and Messina Line. Following an engine room explosion and subsequent fire on 30 November 1994 the MS Achille Lauro was abandoned and eventually sank on 2 December 1994. Several years earlier, in October, 1985, the Achille Lauro was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists while cruising off Egypt. One passenger, Leon Klinghoffer, who was confined to a wheelchair, was deliberately murdered by the hijackers and thrown overboard with his wheelchair. "MSC Napoli" operated by MSC under charter from its owner, had to be abandoned in the English Channel
History of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and provided validation for future compromises made by the Palestinian leadership. In the mid-1970s many attempts were made by Gush Emunim movement to establish outposts or resettle former Jewish areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Initially the Israeli government forcibly disbanded these settlements. However, in the absence of peace talks to determine the future of these and other occupied territories, Israel ceased enforcement of the original ban on settlement, which led to the founding of the first settlements in these regions. In July 1976, an Air France plane carrying 260 people was hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists