La izquierda argentina ante la guerra árabe-israelí de octubre de 1973

Abstract

T
 This article analyzes the positions of the Communist Party of Argentina
 (PC), the Revolutionary Workers Party (PRT), the Socialist Workers Party
 (PST), the Revolutionary Communist Party (PCR) and Workers’ Politics
 (PO), five organizations of the Argentine Left, in relation to the Yom Kippur/
 Ramadan War. The text presents a contextualization of these organizations,
 their links with the Arab and Jewish communities of Argentina, as well as
 their international connections within the framework of the USA-USSR détente.
 Their different stances are assessed as they appear in their periodicals,
 pamphlets, and in testimonies of political leaders and activists. All these
 organizations supported the Arab side during the conflict, although the PRT
 and the PCR did not pay detailed attention to it. The PC, the PST and PO,
 on the contrary, showed considerable interest, with some new elaborations,
 particularly in the case of the PST, which began to call for the destruction
 of the state of Israel. PO, which had already adopted this slogan in 1967,
 added to it the slogan calling for the destruction of Jordan. The PC continued
 to defend the existence of Israel, although they began to favor their links
 with Arab organizations in their international networks. The article also
 analyzes the use of certain elements typical of the antisemitic discourse in
 the debate between the organizations of the Left and in their publications.