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List of political parties in Palestine

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This is a List of political parties in Palestine.

Legislative Council members

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Party Abbr. Flag Founded Leader Political position Legislative
Council
Hamas
حماس		 1987 Khaled Mashal Right-wing
74 / 132
 Fatah
فتح		 1965 Mahmoud Abbas Centre-left
to left-wing
45 / 132
 PFLP 1967 Ahmad Sa'adat Far-left
3 / 132
 2005 Salam Fayyad Left-wing[1]
(Liberalism)[1]
2 / 132
 PNI 2002 Mustafa Barghouti Left-wing
2 / 132
 DFLP 1968 Nayef Hawatmeh Far-left
1 / 132
 PPP 1982 Bassam as-Salhi Far-left
1 / 132
Independent —
4 / 132

Unrepresented parties

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Party Abbr. Flag Founded Political position Founder
  • Liberty
  • Arabic: الحرية
  • al-Huriyatu
 2005 Centre-left Marwan Barghouti
ALF 1969 Right-wing[a] Rakad Salem
As-Sa'iqa
الصاعقة		 1966 Far-left[b] Farhan Abu Hayja
PLF 1959 Wasel Abu Yousef
PLF (ANAW) 1983 Abu Nidal Ashqar
PLF (AFGW) 1983 Abd ul-Fattah Ghanim
PAF 1993 Left-wing Jameel Shihadeh
FIDA 1990 Left-wing Saleh Ra'fat
PCP 1991 Far-left Mahmoud Sa'adeh
PPSF 1967 Left-wing Ahmed Majdalani
PPSF (KAM) 1991 Left-wing Khalid ʽAbd al-Majid
PFLP-GC 1968 Left-wing[c] Ahmed Jibril
RDPP 2019
RPCP 1982 Far-left Arabi Awwad
Wa'ad 2004 Left-wing Eyad El-Sarraj
PJP 2005 Usâma Salîm Muhammad
Fatah al-Yasir 2007 Right-wing Khalid Abu-Hilal
PMM 2001 Right-wing Asaad Abu Sharia

Alliances

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Party Founded Political position Status
1993 Big tent Active
Palestinian National and Islamic Forces 2000 Big tent Active
2005 Left-wing Defunct
2006 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Left-wing Defunct
1980s Left-wing Defunct
2016 Left-wing Defunct
Freedom and Social Justice 2006 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Center-left Defunct
1983 Left-wing Defunct
1985 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Right-wing Defunct
1974 Left-wing Defunct
Sons of the Land (Beit Jala) 2005 Left-wing Defunct
1989 Left-wing Active
United Beit Jala 2005 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Left-wing Defunct
2005 Right-wing Defunct

Defunct parties

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Party Founded Political position Founder
2005 Centre-left
to Left-wing		 Marwan Barghouti
1935 Right-wing Abd al-Latif Salah
1932 Right-wing Yaqub al-Ghusayn
1935 Left-wing Hussein Khalidi
1930 Centre Fahmi al-Husseini
1935 Right-wing Jamal al-Husayni
1934 Centre Raghib al-Nashashibi
1932 Right-wing Izzat Darwaza
1969 Left-wing
1977 Centre-left
to left-wing		 Naji Alush
1982 Far-left
1964 Far-left
  • Muhammad Fayyad
  • Ibrahim Khraysha
1978 Far-left
1968 Big tent Hassan Sabarini (Abohelmi)
1983 Far-left
1969 Far-left
1972 Far-left
1922 Far-left
1943 Far-left
1923 Far-left
1922 Far-left
1930s Far-left
1919 Far-left

Notes

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  1. ↑ Due to its affiliation with Saddamism
  2. ↑ Due to its association with the Ba'ath Party (Syrian-dominated faction)
  3. ↑ Still considers itself nominally socialist

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jamal, Manal A. (2013). "Beyond Fateh Corruption and Mass Discontent: Hamas, the Palestinian Left and the 2006 Legislative Elections". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies. 40 (3). Taylor & Francis, Ltd: 273–294. doi:10.1080/13530194.2013.791135.
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