Palestinian Democratic Union
Palestinian Democratic Union الاتحاد الديمقراطي الفلسطيني | |
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The Palestinian Democratic Union (
History
FIDA emerged as a split from the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)[1] due to disputes in the early 1990s about the policies towards Jordan, the Oslo peace process and the First Intifada.[3][4] In September 1991, the party approved its political program. In April 1993, it adopted the name Palestinian Democratic Union – FIDA.[4]
Organisation
The youth wing of FIDA is known as
Beliefs and ideology
The slogan of FIDA is "
FIDA took a more moderate stance than the main DFLP (led by
The party has held two National Conferences, the first in Jericho in 1995 and the second in 2000.
FIDA leadership
FIDA was founded by
In 2002, he resigned from the party after internal disputes. Women's rights activist Zahira Kamal had been chosen in an internal election to replace him as minister in the government of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), but Abd Rabbo refused to step down, and instead left the party. He was then able to remain in the cabinet as an independent, with the backing of Arafat, but was replaced in FIDA by Saleh Ra'fat, the current Secretary-General. Zahira Kamal remains in FIDA, but outside of government. Other important FIDA leaders include Azmi ash-Shu'aybi and Mamduh Nofal.
Electoral participation
FIDA has 21 members in the PLO's
FIDA took part in the
In the
FIDA will participate in the
See also
- List of political parties in the Palestinian National Authority
References
- ^ a b Palestinian National Authority: The PA Ministerial Cabinet List: April 2003 – October 2003 Archived 2003-12-15 at the Wayback Machine. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center. Archived 27 September 2007.
- ^ "Palestine Democratic Union (Palestine)". www.crwflags.com.
- ^ Abd Rabbo, Yasir, pp. 6-7. Michael R. Fischbach, Encyclopedia of the Palestinians. Infobase Publishing, 2005
- ^ a b Introduction. Palestinian Democratic Union. Archived 31 July 2007
- ^ "ZNet | Mideast | Urgent Appeal to End Suicide Bombings". www.zmag.org. Archived from the original on 19 July 2002. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Al Badil list kicks". www.dflp-palestine.org. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011.
- ^ "United Left (PPP and FIDA) – Mapping Palestinian Politics – European Council on Foreign Relations". 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Fadwa Khoder – Mapping Palestinian Politics – European Council on Foreign Relations". 9 April 2021.
External links
- FIDA - Palestinian Democratic Union official website (in English)