Friday, April 28, 2023

Israeli Police Forces raids Communist Party's premises in Nazareth

A large force of Israeli Police and its gendarmerie, the "Israel Border Police", raided, Wednesday afternoon, the headquarters of the Communist Party, demanding to take down the Palestinian flag.

Comrades of Nazareth confronted the police forces and refused them access to the building. The Police did not possess any warrant, and called for backup, climbed walls, removed the Palestinian flag and the red flags, and confiscated them, all while arresting the secretary of the party in Nazareth.

After the intervention of the Party leadership, the Police returned all flags to the headquarters– where they were flown again over the CPI headquarters in Nazareth.

The Communist Party reiterates that this is a provocative Authoritarian assault, the aim of which is to suppress and attack the political political freedoms, in implementation of the orders of the settler Itamar Ben-Gvir, the minister of National Security whose been convicted of supporting terrorism.

CPI cadres, who participated yesterday in the March of Return, say that this assault will not go unnoticed, and the response will be in mass mobilization towards the 1st of May march in Nazareth on Saturday.

Rise against the Occupation, against Fascism, against class oppression, against exploitation!

We fight united for Peace and Socialism!

In solidarity,

International Relations Committee

Communist Party of Israel

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