Summary
The predominantly Arab communist party formed in 1965 when Maki split along national lines; in Chapter 10 of Rethinking Statehood in Palestine it is the communist camp’s vehicle, championing two states, Resolution 242 and equal rights for Palestinian citizens of Israel (Rethinking Statehood in Palestine, PDF p.273-279).
Details
- After 1967 Rakah emphasised the “‘67 issues” of occupation and settlements over the “‘48 issues” of colonization and return, recognised Israeli national rights within the Green Line, and refused to unequivocally call for return, diverging from the Palestinian consensus of the time (PDF p.275).
- Its leaders faced house arrest and sunset-to-sunrise curfews after 1967 (PDF p.276); with Abna’ al-Balad it organised Land Day in March 1976 (PDF p.277).
- Rakah members and noncommunist activists formed the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash), which won 50 percent of the Palestinian vote in 1977 (PDF p.278).
Related pages
Rethinking Statehood in Palestine, Maki, Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, Abna’ al-Balad