MK Khenin announced he’s not running for Tel-Aviv mayor

MK Dov Khenin ‏(Hadash) announced on Friday that he is not running for mayor of Tel Aviv. Khenin considered whether to run against present mayor Ron Huldai (Labor party) for a long time.  A poll showed Meretz MK Nitzan Horowitz had the best chance of any candidate to beat Huldai. The poll, ordered by Meretz…

Several streets closed in Tel Aviv and Haifa for May Day rallies

Several roads were close in Tel-Aviv and Haifa on Wednesday due the annual May Day parades. Among the streets blocked off in Tel-Aviv were King Shaul Street, Iben Gabirol, Arlozoroff, Dizengoff, Rothschild Boulevard and King George Avenue. With talk of early elections and the return of the social justice massive protests this summer, thousands marched…

Thousands demonstrated in Nazareth to celebrate May Day

Thousands participated in the worker’s solidarity march in Nazareth on Saturday (April 27) and called for social justice, peace, and equality. Members of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and Hadash activists participated in the rally, among them Knesset members Dov Khenin, Mohammed Barakeh, Hannah Sweid, and Afu Agbaria. Hadash chairman MK Mohammed Barakeh said…

Movement of Democratic Women against cuts in child allowances

The Movement for Democratic Women in Israel (TANDI) has published an open letter to the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Yair Lapid and Welfare Minister Meir Cohen urging them not to cut child allowances and for a comprehensive support and allowances programs in order to adapt them to recipients’ real needs.  According to TANDI…

19th Congress of the Young Communist League of Israel

The 19th congress of the Young Communist League of Israel (YCL) opened with a large ceremony in I’biliin last Friday (April 5th), with hundreds of Arab and Jews activists from all over the country. The congress took place with the slogan “Think revolutionary, create real change.” There were several speakers and musical performances through out…

Cyprus crisis: A letter from the Communist Party of Israel to AKEL

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) sent last Tuesday a letter to the Progressive Party of the Working Peoples (AKEL) in Cyprus. Under the signature of Dr. Ofer Cassif, Head of the International Relations Committee of CPI, the Communist Party of Israel “salutes AKEL on its heroic struggle against the Troika’s illegitimate intervention in Cyprus…

On Marx Forum 2013

The sixth annual Marx conference devoted to “Left Perspectives on the International Crisis of Capitalism and the Social Protests in Israel” took place in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Beer-Sheva, in Hebrew and Arabic, on May and June 2012, under the auspices of Hagada Ha’smalit (Left Bank) Alternative Cultural Center. In addition to 28 panelists, approximately three…

Hadash calls opposition emergency meeting in defense of democracy

Hours after the new right-wing and neo-liberal government was sworn in Monday, Israel’s opposition members announced an emergency meeting called by Hadash, on Tuesday aimed at battling dangerous new legislation expected to be passed by the nascent coalition. An invitation sent to opposition MKs said the new government “is starting out with a series of…

Communist Party of Israel mourns late President Hugo Chávez

The entire membership of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and its leadership expressed on Wednesday deepest condolences at the passing away of Hugo Rafael Chávez , the President of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The late President Chávez served and led the Venezuelan people firmly, improving the life of the workers, peasants, women and youth,…