Communist Knesset Member win award

MK Dr. Dov Khenin (Hadash) won the Israeli Democracy Institute’s (IDI) Parliamentary Award. On Saturday, Khenin was declared exceptional MK. Khenin will receive their awards at an IDI ceremony February 2. In the photo: Dov Khenin during a rally against occupation in Tel-Aviv (Photo: Al Ittihad) NGO researched all 120 MKs’ parliamentary activity, and rated…

The poet and journalist Salem Jubran dies at 71

Arab-Palestinian poet and journalist Salem Jubran died Sunday at his home in Nazareth at the age of 71. He was laid to rest in his hometown yesterday. Born in 1941 in the Galilee village of Al-Bukaya (Peki’in), Jubran published three books of poetry, the last of which appeared about 30 years ago. Poet Marwan Makhoul…

Emblem of the Young Communist League of Israel

Statement of the Young Communist League of Israel (August 2011)

The huge wave of demonstrations that is sweeping Israel for the last month and half, including a demonstration of 300,000 protestors in Tel-Aviv on August 6th, presented a very clear message: The Israeli working class in general, and young people in particular, revolts against the soaring prices of housing and basic commodities, and no longer…

From Social Protest to Political Change

Decisions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Israel August 13, 2011     A huge wave of social protest is sweeping over Israel. The protest, which began with the erection of a tent encampment on Rothschild Boulevard in central Tel Aviv, has spread throughout the country, from Kiryat Shmona in the North…

Raising a black flag over the destruction of democracy

   Decisions of the 14th session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Israel July 8, 2011 The Boycott Law (“The Law for Prevention of Damage to the State of Israel through Boycott – 2011”), which has just passed in the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), is an outrageous attempt by the Israeli right to…

International solidarity campaign with Haifa Chemicals workers strike

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) launched an international solidarity campaign with Haifa Chemical workers strike. On May Day workers at the Haifa Chemical Inc. (internationally known as “Haifa”) went on strike. A workers meeting at Haifa Chemicals (Photo: Al Ittihad) Haifa Chemicals Ltd. is the world’s largest manufacturer and marketer of potassium nitrate, an…