Poll Shows: Hadash is Growing

According to the latest Knesset Channel poll conducted by the “Panels Politics” institute, the scent of possible early elections has not caused a meaningful shift in the Israeli public’s political preferences. The poll gives Likud 22 seats, leaving it as the largest party followed by the extreme right wing HaBeit HaYehudi under Naftali Bennett, with…

Next Weekend in Tel-Aviv: Eighth Annual Marx Conference

The Eighth Annual Marx Conference, devoted to “Marxism in Israel and Palestine,” will take place in Tel-Aviv next Saturday, November 22, under the auspices of the Hagada Hasmalit (Left Bank) Alternative Cultural Center. Summaries of the lectures given during the conference will be published on the Hebrew website of Hagada Hasmalit. The conference will be…

Session of C.C. of AKEL held in October, 2014 which discussed Turkey’s "new intolerable provocations in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus. These unprecedented acts challenge the sovereign rights of the Republic of Cyprus and constitute a policy of political and legal irrationality which does not comply with International Law". (Photo: AKEL)

Regional Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties of the Middle East: Expression of Solidarity with the People of Cyprus

On 24-25 October 2014, the undersigned Communist and Workers’ Parties participated in a regional meeting held in Cyprus. The parties participating in this conference have passed resolutions which: Support the sovereign right of all states to the peaceful development of their resources Affirm the inalienable right of the Republic of Cyprus to explore and extract…

The GUE/NGL European Parliament Group in solidarity with the Palestinian people (Photo: AKEL)

Regional Meeting of Communist and Workers parties of the Middle East: Statement in solidarity with Palestine

The undersigned parties and international organizations convened in Larnaka, Cyprus on the 24th and 25 of November 2014 under the slogan “Towards a Just and Lasting Peace & for Solidarity with the Palestinian People” and after thorough deliberations and discussions have agreed on the following statement: They call to:          -Recognize an independent viable state…

Factories At the Dead Sea (Photo: Al Ittihad)

Hadash blasts Sheshinski 2: State committee recommends a pro-capitalist approach to natural resource surtax

Arousing the ire of Hadash and environmentalists alike, the Sheshinski 2 Committee published its final recommendations on policies for taxing natural resources, softening its approach from a previous draft. Finance Minister Yair Lapid tasked the committee, headed by economist Eytan Sheshinski, a professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, last year with examining the…