International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties

 

New Delhi, November 20-22, 2009

 

Intervention by Faten Ghattas, Communist Party of Israel

 

Dear Comrades

 

It is a pleasure to participate in this important meeting of communist parties and unions from around the world as a representative of the Israeli Communist Party, the party internationalist Jewish – Arab, that our participation in this meeting comes from the strategic vision of the importance of sharing ideas and attitudes and create a unified strategy for our party to stand in the forefront of the struggle against capitalism and class oppression and for social justice and socialism and peace.

Leading Communist Party member MK Muhammad Barakeh accused of assaulting an officer

The Attorney General informed Knesset (Israeli Parliament) Speaker Reuven Rivlin yesterday (Sunday, November 1, 2009) that criminal charges have been filed against MK Muhammad Barakeh, chairman of Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality), “for attacking an official who was discharging his legal duty, insulting a public servant, assault and interfering with a policeman in…

Communist Member of the Knesset Mohammad Barakeh is again the target of the Israeli government

The Office of the Attorney General of the Israeli Government’s Counsel General Menachem Mazuz issued today (Tuesday, April 28, 2009) a decision to provide a new indictment against MK Mohammad Barakeh, Chairman of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) and leading member of the Communist Party of Israel. The Attorney General targeting Barakeh, Mazuz, is the same who made the decision to close the investigation into the killers of 13 of young Arab people during the demonstrations in October 2000.