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{{Communist Parties}} | Grew out of the [[National Liberation League]] in Palestine. Became the Jordanian Communist Party (JCP) in 1951, after a name change and recognition of [[Jordan|Transjordan]] sovereignty <ref>{{Citation|author=Laura Feliu Martinez, Ferran Izquierdo Brichs|year=2019|title=Communist Parties in the Middle East: 100 years of History|page=137|quote=The Arab communists in eastern Palestine, the area which fell under Jordanian rule in 1948 and came to be known as the West Bank, continued to operate under the name of the National Liberation League. [...] Again in 1951 they called for a boycott of parliamentary elections. Soon, however, they made their peace with the new | ||
reality of Jordanian control in eastern Palestine and in May 1951 changed their name to the Jordanian Communist Party (JCP).|pdf=https://azzachararabaydoun.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/communist-parties-in-the-middle-east-100-years-of-history-by-laura-feliu-editor-ferran-izquierdo-editor-z-lib.org_-5.pdf-1-5.pdf|publisher=Routledge}}</ref> In 1967, when [[Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan|Jordan]] lost control of the [[Palestine|West Bank]], leaders within the JCP ([[Fahmi Salfiti]]), opposed the "adventurist tendencies" that had proliferated (really, a broad mass call for militant, armed struggle) in the aftermath of the [[Six-Day War]]. This sentiment did not last, as a "rising radical tide" united both secular/left nationalists and [[Jihad|liberation jihadists]] toward armed struggle. Other left organizations, like the newly founded [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine|PFLP]], connected themselves to the mass request for armed struggle. {{Communist Parties}} | |||
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Grew out of the National Liberation League in Palestine. Became the Jordanian Communist Party (JCP) in 1951, after a name change and recognition of Transjordan sovereignty [1] In 1967, when Jordan lost control of the West Bank, leaders within the JCP (Fahmi Salfiti), opposed the "adventurist tendencies" that had proliferated (really, a broad mass call for militant, armed struggle) in the aftermath of the Six-Day War. This sentiment did not last, as a "rising radical tide" united both secular/left nationalists and liberation jihadists toward armed struggle. Other left organizations, like the newly founded PFLP, connected themselves to the mass request for armed struggle.
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- ↑ “The Arab communists in eastern Palestine, the area which fell under Jordanian rule in 1948 and came to be known as the West Bank, continued to operate under the name of the National Liberation League. [...] Again in 1951 they called for a boycott of parliamentary elections. Soon, however, they made their peace with the new
reality of Jordanian control in eastern Palestine and in May 1951 changed their name to the Jordanian Communist Party (JCP).”
Laura Feliu Martinez, Ferran Izquierdo Brichs (2019). Communist Parties in the Middle East: 100 years of History (p. 137). [PDF] Routledge.