The Palestinian Communist Party () is a Marxist–Leninist 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 ...

. The Palestinian Communist Party claims to be the political forefront of the working class in Palestine. The party went through great turmoil in the wake of the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Declaration No. 142-Н of ...

in 1991 and the defection of a large section of members of the leadership's right wing. After the fall of the USSR, many wanted the party to change its name away from the communist one, but the party decided to re-establish itself in a number of weeks and announced the continuation of the communist name. The party calls for the liberation of Palestine and the establishment of a single progressive state for all of the citizens of the Palestinian land, regardless of their ethnic or religious affiliation. :File:PCP screenshot.png, Conversation with the PCP

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Communism in Palestine Communist parties in Palestine One-state solution 1991 establishments in Palestine International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties {{Palestine-party-stub