Fatah called Name_conferral the hijacking Kidnapping `` Operation Attack of the Martyr Kamal Adwan '' , after the PLO chief of operations killed Killing in the Israeli commando raid Attack on Beirut in April 1973 .

On February 23 , 1997 , Ali Hassan Abu Kamal , a 69-year-old Palestinian teacher , opened fire Use_firearm on the observation deck of the Empire State Building in Manhattan , New York City .

Law enforcement officials ruled Legal_rulings it was a premeditated Committing_crime attack Attack after finding Know notes indicating Statement Abu Kamal 's anger over Palestine and Israel .

Ten years after the shooting Use_firearm , Abu Kamal 's daughter revealed Reveal_secret that she had lied in hiding Hiding_objects that her father 's actions had in fact been motivated by Palestinian nationalism .

Her mother 's 1997 account Statement was a cover story fabricated by the Palestinian Authority as Abu Kamal sought revenge Revenge against the Americans , the British , and the French for supporting Supporting Israel .

They were threatened Warning with legal action initially but released Releasing three days later following diplomatic discussions Statement between Jack Straw , then British Foreign Secretary , and Kamal Kharazi , then Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs .