Iranian communists and the Palestine question (1947-1956)

The decision of the United Nations in 1947 to partition Palestine into two Arab and Jewish states was a landmark moment in the postwar history of the Middle East and also a tough challenge for the communist movement, globally and in the Middle East. The support of the communist movement, including c...

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Published in:Middle Eastern studies Vol. 61; no. 6; pp. 910 - 926
Main Author: Azizi, Arash
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 02.11.2025
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Communism
Communist parties
Communists
Foreign policy
Internationalism
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Palestine
Partition
Tudeh Party
ISSN:0026-3206, 1743-7881
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Abstract The decision of the United Nations in 1947 to partition Palestine into two Arab and Jewish states was a landmark moment in the postwar history of the Middle East and also a tough challenge for the communist movement, globally and in the Middle East. The support of the communist movement, including communist parties of Iran and the Arab world, for the partition and their relatively positive posture toward Israel in its early years has usually been studied in terms of the foreign policy machinations of the USSR. I counter this familiar narrative by analyzing the positions of Iranian communists, and their interaction with Arab and Israeli communists, as an instance of attempting to work out an internationalist line in the difficult circumstances of a ferocious national conflict.
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Communist parties
Communists
Foreign policy
Internationalism
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Palestine
Partition
Tudeh Party
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