Palestine 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
IdeologyAnti-Zionism
Communism
Marxism-Leninism
Secularism
Political positionFar-left
International affiliationCommunist International

The Palestine Communist Party (Yiddish: פאלעסטינישע קומוניסטישע פארטיי, Palestinische Komunistische Partei, abbreviated PKP; Arabic: الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني, romanizedal-Ḥizb al-Shuyūʿī al-Filasṭīnī) was a communist party in Mandatory 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. In its early years, the party was predominantly Jewish, but held an anti-Zionist position.