Palestinian People's Party
Palestinian People's Party حزب الشعب الفلسطيني | |
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Abbreviation | PPP |
Bassam Al-Salhi | |
Founder | Bashir Barghouti |
Founded | February 1982 |
Split from | Jordanian Communist Party |
Ideology | Communism Marxism Palestinian nationalism[1] Left-wing nationalism Two-state solution[2] |
Political position | Far-left |
National affiliation | Palestine Liberation Organization Democratic Alliance List |
International affiliation | IMCWP IPA |
Legislative Council | 1 / 132
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Party flag | |
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The Palestinian People's Party (PPP;
History
The original
In February 1982, prominent Palestinian communists held a conference and re-established a Palestinian Communist Party. The new party established relations with the Palestine Liberation Organization, and joined the PLO in 1987. A PCP member was included in the Executive Committee of the PLO in April that year.[3] PCP was the sole PLO member not based amongst the fedayeen organizations.
The PCP was one of the four components of the
The party, under the leadership of
The party was an enthusiastic advocate of the Oslo Accords; however, it now criticizes the "failure" of the peace process, while still defending the goal of an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.[4]
In 2002, the party's then general secretary, Mustafa Barghouti left it with some supporters to found the Palestinian National Initiative.
In the January 2005 presidential election, the party's candidate Bassam as-Salhi received 2.67% of the vote.[5]
At the
For the 2016 Palestinian local government elections that were initially scheduled for October 2016, the PPP was one of the five left-wing Palestinian factions that formed a joint list called the Democratic Alliance List.[6] At the elections, which took place on 13 May 2017, the Alliance won 5 of the 3,253 contested seats, gaining 0.32% of the votes.
In the lead up to the
Party leaders
- Bashir Barghouti (1982–1998)
- Hannah Amireh, Abdel Majid Hamadan, Mustafa Barghouti (1998–2002)
- Bassam Al-Salhi(since 2003)
Other notable members
- PLO Executive Committee.
See also
References
- ^ "الفصـل الأول: الحـزب و أهـدافـه". Archived from the original on 26 November 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "The Terminator Line: Interview with Palestinian People's Party". 30 January 2012.
- ^ Gresh, Alain. Review: Palestinian Communists and the Intifadah. Middle East Report, No. 157, Israel Faces the Uprising. (Mar – Apr. 1989), pp. 34–36. Gresh argues that the inclusion of PCP into the PLO leadership indicated an increased influence of the Soviet Union in intra-Palestinian politics.
- ^ a b c "Interview with Palestinian People's Party" The Terminator Line
- ^ "News". 12 January 2005. Archived from the original on 12 January 2005.
- ^ "Palestinian court suspends local elections". Al Jazeera. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Palestine's splintered left wing fails to unite ahead of elections". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "United Left (PPP and FIDA) – Mapping Palestinian Politics – European Council on Foreign Relations". 31 March 2021.
External links
- Official website, in Arabic but with some pages in English.
- The Political Program, 2000