Socialist Workers Party מפלגת הפועלים הסוציאליסטית | |
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Founded | 1919 |
Dissolved | 1921 |
Split from | Poale Zion |
Merged into | Palestinian Communist Party Communist Party of Palestine |
Ideology | Communism |
Political position | Left-wing |
Socialist Workers Party (Hebrew: מפלגת הפועלים הסוציאליסטית, Hebrew abbreviation מפ"ס, 'Mops', English abbreviation 'MPS') was a political party in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1919–1922. Its followers were known as Mopsim.[1]
The party was a minor force in the political life of the Yishuv in Palestine, and was torn by internal divisions between the labour Zionism of Poale Zion and the proletarian internationalism of the Communist International. The party was the precursor of the Palestine Communist Party, and of the current Communist Party of Israel.[2]