The Palestinian People's Party (PPP, in Arabic حزب الشعب الفلسطيني Hizb al-Sha'b al-Filastini), is a socialist political party in the Palestinian territories and among the Palestinian diaspora. The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... The West Bank The Gaza Strip The Palestinian territories are geographic areas in the Middle East captured by Israel in the Six-day War of 1967 whose status is pending the conclusion of negotiations between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. ...

It traces its roots back to 1919 when Jewish immigrants in what was then the British Mandate of Palestine established a Marxist party named the Palestine Communist Party (PCP). From 1924 onwards it was the official Comintern section in Palestine. In 1943, it split and its Arab members formed the National Liberation League (Usbat al-Taharrur al-Watani). A few years later that organisation once again renamed itself to National Liberation League in Palestine. It was then the only Arab Palestinian party that accepted the 1947 UN Partition Plan, in line with the official position of the Soviet Union. 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jews (Hebrew: יהודים, Yehudim) are followers of Judaism or, more generally, members of the Jewish people (also known as the Jewish nation, or the Children of Israel), an ethno-religious group descended from the ancient Israelites and converts who joined their religion at various times and locations. ... Map of the territory under the British Mandate of Palestine. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Comintern (from Russian Коммунистический Интернационал (Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional) – Communist International), also known as the Third International, was an independent international Communist organization founded in March 1919 by Vladmir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and the Russian Communist Party (bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... The Arabs (Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are a large and heterogeneous ethnic group found throughout the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ... The term Palestinian has other usages, for which see definitions of Palestinian. ... On 29 November 1947 the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine or United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181, a plan to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict in the British Mandate of Palestine, was approved by the United Nations General Assembly, at the UN World Headquarters in New York. ...

After the foundation of the state of Israel and the Jordanian annexation of the West Bank, the party organised as the Communist Party of Jordan, and gained considerable support among Palestinians. It established a strong position in the Palestinian trade union movement and retained considerable popularity in the West Bank during the 1970s, but its support subsequently declined. Jordanian Communist Party (in Arabic: Hizb al-Shuyuiyah al-Urduni) a communist political party in Jordan. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...

In February, 1982, prominent Palestinian communists held a conference and established the Palestinian Communist Party. The party, under the leadership of Bashir Barghouti, played an important role in reevaluating Marxism-Leninism as a political philosophy earlier than many other communist organisations in the region. It was once again renamed in 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, to the Palestinian People's Party. Look up February in Wiktionary, the free dictionary February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2002 the party's then general secretary, Mustafa Barghouti left it with some supporters to found the Palestinian National Initiative. For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Mustafa Barghouti (also often written Mustafa Barghouthi; born 1954) is a Palestinian democracy activist and a candidate for presidency of the Palestinian National Authority in 2005. ... ...

In the January 2005 presidential election, the party's candidate Bassam Al-Salhi received 2.67% of the vote. [1] 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in January • 29 Ephraim Kishon • 25 Philip Johnson • 23 Johnny Carson • 22 Parveen Babi • 20 Jan Nowak-Jeziorański • 17 Virginia Mayo • 17 Zhao Ziyang • 15 Ruth Warrick • 14 Rudolph Moshammer Recent deaths Ongoing events • Tsunami relief... The 2005 Palestinian presidential election — the first to be held since 1996 — took place on January 9, 2005 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. ...

At the Palestinian legislative election, 2006 PPP formed a joint list called Al-badeel for the left wing parties with Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Palestine Democratic Union and independts. It received 2.8% of the popular vote and won two of the Council's 132 seats. Wikinews has news related to this article: Hamas wins Palestinian election On January 25, 2006, elections were held for the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the legislature of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). ... Al-badil (البديل) means The Alternative in Arabic, and is used in various contexts: Al-Badil Al-Chooui Al-Taharouri is a Lebanese anarchist organization. ... The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (Arabic: الجبهة الديموقراطية لتحرير فلسطين, transliterated Al-Jabhah al-Dimuqratiyah Li-Tahrir Filastin) is a Palestinian Marxist-Leninist political and military organization. ... FIDA symbol The Palestine Democratic Union (Al-Ittihad al-Dimuqrati al-Filastini, generally known as FIDA) is a small Palestinian political party active in the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). ...

Party leaders

• Bashir Barghouti, (1982-1998)
• Han Amira, Abdel Majid Hamadan, Mustafa Barghouti, (1998-2002)
• Bassam Salhi 2003- 2010

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Other important members

• Suleiman Al-Najab, member of the PLO Executive Committee

The Executive Committee (PLO EC) is the highest executive body of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). ...

External links

• www.palpeople.org - Official site (Arabic)
• A historical background to the Palestinian People’s Party, from the Party's website
• www.mideastweb.org
• http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/ppp.htm