Sondra Miller Rubenstein. The Communist Movement in Palestine and Israel, 1919-1984.

Contents

INTRODUCTION

PART 1

IDEOLOGICAL ORIGINS: THE POALE ZION AND THE MPS IN PALESTINE

1 – Ideological Origins: Nineteenth Century East European Roots

2 – From the “Palestinian” Poale Zion to the Poale Zion in Palestine

3 – The MPS: From Vienna in 1920 to the May Day Riots in 1921

PART 2

EVOLVING PERCEPTIONS: 1917-1922

FROM THE BALFOUR DECLARATION TO BRITAIN’S PALESTINE MANDATE

4 – Evolving Perceptions I: The Issuance of the Balfour Declaration-Expectations

5 – Evolving Perceptions II: The Growing Boishévik Menace

6 – Evolving Perceptions III: Palestinian Bolshevism in the Parliamentary Debates on the Incorporation of the Balfour Declaration into the Mandate

PART 3

THE PCP AND THE KPP: FRICTIONS AND FRACTIONS. THE TOOLS, THE DUPES, THE CAT, THE MICE

7 – The PCP and The KPP: Frictions and Fractions

8 – The Tools, The Dupes: Their Functions and Their Fates

9 The Cat-and-Mouse Game I: Arabization and The “Agrarian Revolt”

10 – The Cat-and-Mouse Game II: The Gdud Ha-Avoda and Chalutzim in… Russia (?)

PART 4

THE PCP UNDER ARAB LEADERSHIP: MORE FRICTIONS, FRACTIONS, SHIFTS AND REVERSALS; THE WAR YEARS AND PLUS ÇA CHANGE, PLUS ÇA RESTE LE MÊME

11 – The 1930s: A Decade of Frictions, Fractions, Shifts and Reversals

12 – The 1940s: The Palestinian Communist Movement Splinters

13 – Plus ça change, plus ça reste le même

PART 5

TOWARD STATEHOOD: REUNIFICATION, RENEWED SPLITS, DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY CHALLENGES; ELECTIONS, WARS AND THE END OF MAKI

14 – Toward Statehood and a Reunified Communist Party

15 – Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges

16 – TheCommunists in Israel’s Knesset Elections: 1951-1969

17 – The End of MAKI

APPENDIXES

A – TheTwenty-One Conditions

B – The Reasons for the Crimean Colonization Scheme

C – Front Organizations and Fellow Travelers

D – Summary of Incidents Preceding Rioting in August 1929

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