Radwan Al Hilu
Radwan Al Hilu | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary of Palestine Communist Party | |
| In office 1934–1943 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1909 Ottoman Palestine |
| Died | 1975 (aged 65–66) Jericho, State of Palestine |
Radwan Al Hilu (1909–1975) was a Palestinian Arab politician who was the leader of the Palestine Communist Party between 1934 and 1943. He was the first Arab to hold the post[1] and used the pseudonym Musa.[2]
Biography
Al Hilu was born in
Ottoman Palestine, in 1909,[1] into a poor working-class Christian Orthodox family.[3] He was a member of the Palestine Communist Party being part of the mainstream faction.[4] He and Bulus Farah were sent to Moscow for leadership training at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East.[2][3]
In 1934, Al Hilu was appointed by the Comintern as the secretary general of the party.[5] His appointment was a result of the Comintern's efforts of the Arabization in the party of which most members were Jewish.[6] He held the post until November 1943 when he resigned from the party due to internal conflicts.[1][7]
Al Hilu had an affair with Simha Tzabari who was also a member of the Palestinian Communist Party.[3]
Al Hilu died in Jericho in 1975.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Nidal al-Sha'b". National Library of Israel. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ S2CID 153545063.
- ^ S2CID 153785634.
- ^ Ran Greenstein (Summer 2011). "A Palestinian Revolutionary: Jabra Nicola and the Radical Left". Jerusalem Quarterly (46): 36.
- ^ Musa Budeiri (14 August 2020). "Essential Readings on the Left in Mandate Palestine". Jadaliyya. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- S2CID 144848023.
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