Despite these successes, the CPs were severely hampered by their adherence to Stalinist politics. They vacillated on important questions. When the Soviet Union declared support for the United Nations' partition plan for Palestine, despite massive popular opposition to this plan in the Arab world, the CPs went along with it. Later, when the Soviet Union changed its position and turned against Israel, the CPs simply followed suit. They also shifted between support for and opposition to nationalist parties as Soviet policies changed.

Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politi…, loc. 335