Leftist Parties of Palestine

PARTY			PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ALLIANCES	ELECTION Parl. '96	OTHER
Alliance of Palestinian Forces	Tahaluf al-Quwa al-Filastiniyah	APF			nat.				f. 1993 as National, Democratic and Islamic Front
Arab Liberation Front	Jabhat al-Tahrir al-'Arabiyah	ALF			nat.	Iraqi Ba'th	NIF, PLO		pol.-mil., f. 1969, led by Ibrahim al-Zanien
Arab Palestinian Front							NIF
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine	Jabhah al-Dimuqratiyah li-Tahrir Filastin	DFLP	Al Hurriyah	e-mail	rad. left. nat.	ex-SU, ICS	NIF, ex-APF, PLO		pol.-mil., f. 1969 as split from PFLP, led by Nayef Hawatmeh
Fatah - Revolutionary Council	Fath - Majlis al-Thawri		Filastin al-Thawra		nat.				pol.-mil., f. 1974 by Abu Nidal as split from al-Fatah
Fatah - Uprising	Fath al-Intifadah		Fath		nat.		PNSF, APF		pol.-mil., f. 1983 as split from al-Fatah, led by Abu Musa
National and Islamic Forces		NIF			nat.				f. 2000, alliance of major nationalist, islamist and leftist organizations
National Movement for Change	Harakat al-Wataniyah lil Taghyir
National Political Initiative									f. 2003, led by Mostapha Barghuti
New Democratic Current	Tayyar al-Dimuqrati al-Jadid								split from PFLP
Palestinian Democratic Coalition	Tajammu' al-Dimuqrati al-Filastini								f. 2003, alliance of PPP, PPSF and Fida
Palestine Green Party				fax: +19-972-2- 859678	green				f. 1995
Palestine Liberation Front	Jabhat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyah	PLF			rad. left.		NIF, APF		pol.-mil., f. 1984 as split from other PLF, led by 'Abd al-Fattah Ghanim
Palestine Liberation Front	Jabhat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyah	PLF	Al-Qa'idah		rad. left.		PLO	0.11% 4 cand.	pol.-mil., f. 1977 as split from PFLP-GC, led by Muhammad Abu-l-'Abbas
Palestine Liberation Organization	Munazzamat al-Tahrir al-Filastiniyah	PLO		e-mail	nat.	SI (obs.)			pol.-mil., alliance f. 1964, led by Yasir Arafat
Palestine National Liberation Movement	Harakat al-Tahrir al-Watani al-Filastini	Al-Fath		e-mail	nat.	SI (cons.)	NIF, PLO	30.90%	pol.-mil., f. 1959, led by Yasir Arafat
Palestine Popular Struggle Front	Jabhat al-Nidal al-Sha'bi al-Filastini	PPSF			rad. nat.		NIF, APF		pol.-mil., split from other PPSF, led by Khalid 'Abd al-Majid
Palestine Popular Struggle Front	Jabhat al-Nidal al-Sha'bi al-Filastini	PPSF	Nidal al-Sha'b	e-mail	rad. nat.		PLO	0.76% 12 cand.	pol.-mil., f. 1967 as split from PFLP, led by Samir Ghawsha
Palestinian Communist Party - Independent National Block	Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Filastini (Kutlat al-Wataniyah al-Mustaqillat)				com.				split from PPP in West Bank
Palestinian Communist Party - Progressive National Block	Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Filastini (Kutlat al-Wataniyah al-Taqaddumiyah)				com.				split from PPP in Gaza
Palestinian Democratic National Regroupment	Tajammu' al-Watani al-Dimuqrati al-Filastini								split from PFLP in West Bank
Palestinian Democratic Party	Hizb Filastin al-Dimuqratiyah				soc. dem.				f. 2002 by Bassam Abu Sharif
Palestinian Democratic Union	Ittihad al-Dimuqrati al-Filastini	Fida	Rayat al-Istiqlal	e-mail	left. soc.		NIF, PLO	2.04% 11 cand.	f. 1991 as split from DFLP, led by Yasir Abed Rabbo
Palestinian Movement for Democratic Construction	Harakat al-Filastiniyah lil Bina'eh al-Dimuqrati				left. soc.			2.25% 5 cand.	f. 1995 by Haidar Abdel Shafi
Palestinian National Salvation Front	Jabhat al-Inqadh al-Watani al-Filastiniyah	PNSF			rad. nat.				alliance f. in 1985, led by Khalid al-Fahum
Palestinian People's Party	Hizb al-Sha'b al-Filastini	PPP	Sawt al-Watan	e-mail	com.	ex-WMR	NIF, PLO	2.93% 26 cand.	f. 1982 as Palestine Communist Party
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine	Jabhah al-Sha'biyah li-Tahrir Filastin	PFLP	Al-Hadaf, Democratic Palestine	e-mail	rad. left. nat.	ICS	NIF, ex-APF, PLO		pol.-mil., f. 1967 by fation of Movement of Arab Nationalists, led by Ahmad Sa'adat
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command	Jabhah al-Sha'biyah li-Tahrir Filastin - al-Qiyadah al-'Ammah	PFLP-GC	Ila al-Amam		rad. left. nat.	Syrian support	NIF, PNSF, APF		pol.-mil., f. 1968 as split from PFLP, led by Ahmad Jibril
Revolutionary Palestinian Communist Party	Hizb al-Shuyu'i al-Thawri al-Filastini	RPCP		e-mail	rad. left.		PNSF, APF		f. 1988 after split from PCP, led by Abdullah Awwad
Vanguards of the Popular Liberation War - Forces of the Lightning Bolt	Tala'i' Harb al-Tahrir al-Sha'biyah - Quwat al-Sa'iqah	al-Sa'iqah			arab. nat.	Syrian Ba'th	PNSF, APF, NIF, PLO		pol.-mil., f. 1966, led by 'Isam al-Qadi
Parties probably disbanded National Struggle Front