The RPCP emerged from a split in the
The RPCP took part in the armed resistance against the Israeli invasion in Lebanon; a number of party members (including Awwad's son Fahd Awwad) were killed during this struggle.[7]
The RPCP broke away from the PLO in 1987, in rejection of what they saw as rapprochement by Yasser Arafat with imperialist forces (notably, the Palestinian Communist Party joined the PLO just afterwards).[1] The party vehemently opposed the Oslo Accords. In the early 1990s, the RPCP disbanded its armed wing (after a long period of inactivity).[1] In 1994 the RPCP joined the Alliance of Palestinian Forces.[4]
The party argues that the armed Syrian opposition is supported by colonialist, Zionist and reactionary forces. These are said to be seeking to weaken the Arab states in order to dominate the region.[8] Awwad died in March 2015.[3]