Palestine Communist Party

For other uses, see Palestinian Communist Party.
Palestine Communist Party
פאלעסטינישע קומוניסטישע פארטיי‎ (Yiddish)
الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني‎ (Arabic)
Founded1923
Dissolved1948
Merger ofPalestinian Communist Party
Communist Party of Palestine
Merged intoMaki
IdeologyCommunism
Non-Zionism
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationCommunist International
PKP propaganda during the Second World War, calling for support of the Red Army and using the Chapaev film poster

The Palestine Communist Party (Yiddish: פאלעסטינישע קומוניסטישע פארטיי, Palestinische Komunistische Partei, abbreviated PKP; Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني) was a political party in the British Mandate of Palestine formed in 1923 through the merger of the Palestinian Communist Party and the Communist Party of Palestine. In 1924 the party was recognized as the Palestinian section of the Communist International.[1] In its early years, the party was predominantly Jewish, but held an anti-Zionist position.[2]

  1. ^ Early Communism in Palestine, Fred Halliday, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Winter, 1978), pp. 162-169
  2. ^ Hen-Tov, Jacob (1974). Communism and Zionism in Palestine During the British Mandate. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 9781412846899.