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Radwan Al Hilu
Radwan Al Hilu (1909–1975) was a Palestinian Arab politician who was the leader of the Palestine Communist Party between 1934 and 1943. He was the first Arab to hold the post and used the pseudonym ''Musa''. Biography Al Hilu was born in Jaffa, Palestine, in 1909. He hailed from the poor working-class Christian Orthodox family. He was a member of the Palestine Communist Party being part of the mainstream faction. He and Bulus Farah were sent to Moscow for leadership training at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East. In 1934 Al Hilu was appointed by the Comintern as the secretary general of the party. His appointment was a result of the Comintern's efforts of the Arabization in the party of which most members were Jewish. He held the post until November 1943 when he resigned from the party due to internal conflicts. Al Hilu had an affair with Simha Tzabari who was also a member of the Palestinian Communist Party. He died in Jericho Jericho ( ; ar, أري ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palestine Communist Party
The Palestine Communist Party ( yi, פאלעסטינישע קומוניסטישע פארטיי, ''Palestinische Komunistische Partei'', abbreviated PKP; ar, الحزب الشيوعي الفلسطيني) was a political party in 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.''Early Communism in Palestine'', Fred Halliday, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Winter, 1978), pp. 162-169 In its early years, the party was predominantly Jewish, but nevertheless held an anti-Zionist position. History In 1923, at the party congress, a position of support was adopted in favour of the Arab national movement as a movement "opposed to British imperialism and denounced Zionism as a movement of the Jewish bourgeoisie allied to British imperialism", a move that won it membership of the Comintern. The Party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |