Kōzō Okamoto was a Japanese revolutionary who joined the Japanese Red Army and fought against the Israeli occupation in the 1970's. In 1972, he took part in the Lod Airport operation in Israel, in coordination with the PFLP – General Command. He was captured and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1985, he was released in a prisoner exchange and moved to Lebanon, where he was granted political asylum. Protected by Palestinian factions, he spent the rest of his life as a symbol of international solidarity with Palestine. He once declared: “I gave my youth to the Palestinian cause. As long as there is oppression, resistance is not only a right, it is a duty.”