Seventh Congress of the Comintern Report of Arab Delegates
Note that Yusuf in his speech below referred to Jewish invaders coming into Palestine as a national minority. In fact, this is contrary even to Lenin who considered Judaism a religion, not a nationality. It is clear that Yusuf considered Jewish immigration into Palestine as part of the effort of British colonialism to fight the Arab liberation movement. Yet, he still harbored illusions of winning over “honest Jewish” invaders of Palestinian land against imperialism. In fact, as decades of later experience showed, by immigrating to Palestine, the invaders had already tied their lot to that of imperialism. Any illusions of winning them over have generally been shattered, but not amongst many “leftists”. Yusuf, however, provides below a good look at the struggle within the Communist Party of Palestine to Arabize, albeit according to a definition that leaves room for Jewish invaders to remain part of the party. Unfortunately, when Yusuf called for the representatives of the working class to lead the national liberation movement in Palestine, he did not realize that entailed more than Arabizing the Communist Party. It entailed that these representatives become the most ardent supporters of national rights, which is not served by including Jewish invaders within the ranks of the Communist Party of Palestine.
THE FREE ARAB VOICE