The Communist Party of Palestine () was a communist party in

Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...

1922-1923. It was formed through a split in the

Poale Zion Poale Zion (, also romanized ''Poalei Tziyon'' or ''Poaley Syjon'', meaning "Workers of Zion") was a movement of Marxist–Zionist Jewish workers founded in various cities of Poland, Europe and the Russian Empire at about the turn of the 20th c ...

which led to the formation of the Jewish Communist Party and another faction forming the Palestinian Communist Party. A major difference between the two parties was the attitude towards

Zionism Zionism is an Ethnic nationalism, ethnocultural nationalist movement that emerged in History of Europe#From revolution to imperialism (1789–1914), Europe in the late 19th century that aimed to establish and maintain a national home for the ...

. The Communist Party of Palestine was more staunch in its condemnation of Zionism, whereas the Palestinian Communist Party was open towards some degree of cooperation with Zionists. The Communist Party of Palestine opposed Zionist settlements in Palestine.Halliday, Fred.
Early Communism in Palestine
', in ''Journal of Palestine Studies'', Vol. 7, No. 2 (Winter, 1978), pp. 162-169 In 1923 the two parties merged, forming the

Palestine Communist Party The Palestine Communist Party (, ''Palestinische Komunistische Partei'', abbreviated PKP; ) was a political party in the Mandatory Palestine, British Mandate of Palestine formed in 1923 through the merger of the Palestinian Communist Party (192 ...

Joseph Berger-Barzilai Joseph Berger-Barzilai (, original name Itskhak Mordukhovich Zheliaznik, ; 29 November 1904 – 31 March 1978) was a founding member and the secretary of the Communist Party of Palestine and a Comintern official in Soviet who fell victim to Stalin' ...

, co-founder of the Communist Party of Palestine, spent twenty five years in Stalin's prisons and concentrations camps after the

purges In history, religion and political science, a purge is a position removal or execution of people who are considered undesirable by those in power from a government, another, their team leaders, or society as a whole. A group undertaking such an ...

in 1937.

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