Palestinian communists seek broad electoral alliance to challenge Fatah-Hamas polarization

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The Palestinian People’s Party (PPP) is stepping up preparations for the November 28 legislative elections, working to forge a broad left-wing, democratic and social alliance that could emerge as a third political pole beyond the longstanding Fatah-Hamas polarization.

PPP General Secretary Bassam al-Salhi said the party does not regard the elections simply as a contest for parliamentary seats, but as an opportunity to rebuild Palestinian political institutions and restore popular participation. 

 

KKE strongly condemns Israel's settlement plans in the occupied West Bank

In a statement, the International Relations Section of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) condemns the settlement plans of the state of Israel in the occupied territories of West Bank. 

“At a time when the ruthless occupying state of Israel, backed by the US and the EU, is continuing its deadly attacks and threats in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Syria and the broader region, and as the US - Israel war against Iran is escalating, a highly dangerous series of settlement activities in the Palestinian West Bank is being resumed.

Palestinian and Israeli young communists send message of joint struggle from the West Bank

Young Palestinian and Israeli communists came together earlier this month in the occupied West Bank, taking part in the 29th Farkha International Youth Festival — a longstanding initiative combining voluntary work, political discussion and internationalist solidarity.

Held in the Palestinian village of Farkha, the festival brought together young activists from the Palestinian People’s Party (PPP), the Young Communist League of Israel (Banki), Hadash and other progressive forces. Participants worked side by side in voluntary projects and joined political and cultural activities.

 

Palestinian Authority and Communist Party of Greece condemn Israel’s deportation of Greek trade unionists

Israeli occupation authorities denied entry to a Greek trade union delegation on Sunday after detaining and interrogating its members for several hours at Tel Aviv Airport, according to statements issued by Palestinian organizations and officials.

The delegation had been invited by the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions to participate in a solidarity visit with the Palestinian labor movement. However, despite the official invitation, Israeli authorities prevented the delegation from entering Palestine and ultimately deported its members.

KKE and AKEL condemn new Israeli assault on Gaza solidarity flotilla

On Monday 18 May, Israeli forces intercepted a solidarity flotilla (Global Sumud Flotilla) carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza in waters near Cyprus, triggering strong reactions from political parties in Greece and Cyprus. Both the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and AKEL (Progressive Party of Working People) condemned the operation as a violation of international law and denounced the continuing blockade and military actions against the Palestinian people.

 

On Politics, Ideology and Anti-Zionism

By Nimrod Flaschenberg and Reem Hazan

Israel, with the support of the United States and the West, has used the pretext of the October 7 attacks to prosecute a campaign of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and imperialist expansion for the past three years, reaching a record level of violence not seen since 1948. It has been relentlessly bombing and killing Palestinians, Lebanese, Iranians, and other civilians throughout the region, dispossessing or razing to the ground entire communities in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon.

KKE condemns Israeli assault on Gaza solidarity flotilla

In a statement issued today, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) condemns “the new piratical attack by the terrorist state of Israel against the international solidarity flotilla for Gaza, which placed the lives of hundreds of people in grave danger.”

The KKE notes that “the Greek government must provide specific answers, as the Israeli assault took place off Crete, in international waters and within Greece’s area of responsibility for search and rescue operations.” 

50th anniversary of the Land Day: Online event by the Communist Party of Israel and Hadash

Palestinian communist Tawfiq Zayyad speaks at a rally, 1979

On the 50th anniversary of the Land Day, March 30, 1976, the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and Hadash invite to an online panel bringing together Palestinian perspectives from different places – Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel, protagonists of the Land Day, alongside people in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and the Palestinian diaspora. 

 

The online panel, with translation to English, will be held next Sunday, March 29, 2026, 19:00 – Jerusalem time.

 

Communist Party of Israel concludes 29th Congress, reaffirms Arab-Jewish unity and support for Palestinian statehood

The Communist Party of Israel (Maki) concluded its 29th Congress, held February 12–14, 2026, in the northern city of Shefa-Amr, adopting a broad set of political resolutions and organizational decisions. 

 

The congress reaffirmed the party’s Marxist-Leninist foundations and outlined its positions on the Palestinian question, the status of Arab citizens of Israel, social and economic justice, democratic freedoms, and global geopolitical developments.

 

KKE calls on Mitsotakis government to reject Trump’s “Peace Council” invitation

In a statement (here in Greek) regarding the invitation extended by Trump to the Greek government to participate in the so-called “Board of Peace” the Press Office of the Central Committee of the KKE stresses the following:

“The Greek government must, without hesitation, reject Trump’s invitation to the upcoming meeting of the so-called “Board of Peace”, whose aim is to implement the plan to turn Gaza into a US–Israeli protectorate and an “El Dorado”  for investments, in which there will be no place for the homeland of the long-suffering Palestinian people.

Issam Makhoul, Israeli-Arab communist leader and chairman of Hadash, dies at 73

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) mournfully announce to the Palestinian people, the progressive forces of the country, the international communist movement and liberation movements around the world the death of our dear comrade Issam Makhoul (Abu Hanna), chairman of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality. 

Comrade Makhoul, who passed away Friday, December 26, at the age of 73, was a member of the politburo of the Communist Party of Israel and the director of the Emil Touma Center for Palestinian and Israeli Studies, former MK and a former General Secretary of the CPI.

The Communist Party of Israel and Hadash mourn the death of renowned actor and director Mohammed Bakri

The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) mourns Thursday, December 25, the passing of the renowned actor and director Mohammad Bakri died on Wednesday at the age of 72. 

 

“The legacy left by Mohammed Bakri will remain, reminding us that art can be an act of resistance,” said. Bakri passed away in a hospital in the city of Nahariya, northern Israel, after suffering from heart-related illnesses, according to his family. His health has deteriorated in recent days.

 

Ofer Cassif recounts "fascist takeover" of Israel during speech at the Communist Party of Britain Congress

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Hadash deputy Ofer Cassif testified to “the takeover of fascism in Israel” in a fraternal address to the Communist Party of Britain’s 58th Congress at the weekend. 

The Communist Party of Israel leading member, who has been suspended from Israel’s parliament for 10 months of the last two years because of his public denunciations of the Gaza genocide, described how Jewish settlers “in a chilling imitation of other Nazis” set fire to a mosque last week in the occupied West Bank.

A Marxist Critique of Trump’s Knesset Address

By Nikos Mottas 

When U.S President Donald Trump addressed the Knesset on October 13, he did not merely deliver a diplomatic speech; he performed a spectacle of power designed to reassert U.S. hegemony in the region under the guise of peace. 

His words, wrapped in a language of faith and reconciliation, revealed the fundamental logic of imperialism: domination disguised as partnership, subordination repackaged as sovereignty.

KKE leader Koutsoumbas meets Palestinian Foreign Minister, reiterates unwavering solidarity

Dimitris Koutsoumbas, the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), reaffirmed the party’s steadfast solidarity with the Palestinian people during a meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Varsen Aghapekian Sahin.

The meeting took place at the Embassy of Palestine in Athens and was attended by KKE representatives, including Politburo Member and MP Giorgos Marinos as well as Elias Nasir from the Party’s International Relations Section.

 

The Voice of the Peoples: Hadash lawmakers Odeh and Cassif defy imperialists in the Knesset

In a defiant act of moral clarity, two members of Hadash — Ayman Odeh and Ofer Cassif — rose in the Knesset today to break the silence, demanding that the United States immediately recognize Palestinian statehood. Their banner, reading simply “Recognize Palestine,” became a weapon in itself — a call to justice echoing through the marble halls of Israel’s legislature.

As President Trump addressed the Knesset, receiving thunderous applause for his hawkish vision, Odeh and Cassif stood. 

Marwan Barghouti must be freed and lead a sovereign and independent Palestinian state

By Nikos Mottas

More than twenty years have passed since Marwan Barghouti, one of Palestine’s most respected national leaders, was seized by Israeli forces and sentenced to life imprisonment. 

His “crime” was not terrorism, as Israel’s courts declared — it was daring to represent what every system of oppression fears most: a unifying, legitimate, and popular voice for liberation and peace.

Brief History of the Communist Movement in Palestine and Israel

By Nikos Mottas 

The communist movement in Palestine and Israel is as old as the twentieth century upheavals that reshaped the Middle East. It is not the story of dominant political forces or large armies, but of a small and persistent current that, for over a century, has tried to carve out a political path distinct from partition, conquest, and exclusion. Palestinian and Israeli communists—Arabs and Jews—built joint organizations, resisted colonialism, opposed military occupation, and spoke for coexistence at moments when the surrounding climate favored division and hostility.

KKE demands the immediate release of Greek flotilla activists detained by Israeli forces

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has intensified its actions following the Israeli military’s raid on the “Global Sumud Flotilla", a humanitarian mission carrying aid to the besieged people of Gaza. 

Among those detained are 27 Greek activists, including one Greek Parliament member, prompting urgent calls from the party for their immediate release and safe return to Greece.

The Communist Party of Israel and Hadash urgently demand an immediate end to the genocidal war against the Palestinian people

In a statement, the Communist Party of Israel (Maki) and Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) urgently demand an immediate end to the genocidal war against the Palestinian people: 

This includes halting the destruction of the Gaza Strip—its cities, towns, and refugee camps—as well as stopping annexation, settlement expansion, and forced deportations in the occupied West Bank. Every passing minute of this ongoing conflict results in further massacres and displacement that must cease without delay.