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 Independence Youth Union (Arabic: اتحاد شباب الاستقلالAthad Shebab Alasetqelal); there are also workers' and women's groups. FIDA has no armed wing, in contrast to the DFLP and several other Palestinian organizations.[citation needed]
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 Palestine National Council (PNC). They were elected as DFLP delegates, or appointed to serve as delegates from various PLO branches, at the last PNC in 1988. No new elections have been held since.
FIDA will participate in the 2021 Palestinian legislative election on a joint list with the PPP called "United Left".[7] The list is led by Fadwa Khader, a member of the PPP's politburo.[8]
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