Israel: Netanyahu’s bid to bar communist-backed Hadash from October elections fails!

The attempt by Israel’s right-wing and far-right parties to exclude Arab political representation from the October 27 Knesset elections has been overturned by the Supreme Court. 

 

The court unanimously reversed the Central Elections Committee’s disqualification of the Joint List — comprising Hadash, Ta’al and Balad — and Ra’am, clearing both lists to participate in the election. It also overturned the disqualification of Hadash MK Ofer Cassif. 

 

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 expresses solidarity with the communists of Israel, condemns electoral ban

On September 23, Israel’s Central Elections Committee voted to disqualify all Arab electoral lists and several candidates from the upcoming parliamentary elections, including Ofer Cassif, a Jewish member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Israel (Maki) and a sitting member of the Knesset. 

 

The decision also affects the communist-led Hadash and its electoral allies. The disqualifications are not final, as they remain subject to judicial review by Israel’s Supreme Court.

Israeli communists denounce attempts to ban Hadash and Arab parties from October elections

The Communist Party of Israel (Maki) and the communist-led Hadash have strongly condemned the decision of Israel’s Central Elections Committee to bar the Joint List and several of its candidates from the upcoming parliamentary elections, describing it as an attack on basic democratic rights and political representation.

On September 23, the committee voted to disqualify the Joint List, comprising Hadash, Balad and Ta’al, from the October 27 Knesset elections. 

 

In solidarity with Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor

In solidarity with Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor

By Nikos Mottas

The despicable threats against Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor expose the increasingly authoritarian character of Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government. Their award-winning documentary NAZA, based on testimonies from Israeli military and intelligence personnel, investigates the conduct of the Israeli army in Gaza. Rather than confront its revelations, the government has chosen to intimidate those who brought them to light.

Netanyahu’s Likud moves to ban Communist-backed Joint List from October election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party has announced that it will petition the Central Elections Committee to disqualify the Joint List, the electoral alliance backed by Hadash and the Communist Party of Israel (CPI), from running in the October 27 Knesset election.

According to the Al-Ittihad news portal, Likud said it would seek to bar both the Joint List and the Islamist Ra’am party on the grounds that they allegedly “support terrorism".

 

KKE slams Greece-Israel “Achilles Shield” deal, warns of deeper involvement in imperialist wars

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The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has strongly condemned the Greece-Israel agreement on the so-called “Achilles Shield,” warning that it represents yet another dangerous step in accelerating war preparations and dragging Greece and its people deeper into imperialist wars and US-NATO plans in the region.

In a statement, the KKE stressed that the New Democracy government is attempting to conceal the real character of the agreement behind claims about an “architecture for the protection of Greek territory” and the country’s defense. 

 

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 communist Amir Badran appointed deputy mayor of Tel Aviv–Jaffa

Attorney Amir Badran, a leading member of the communist-led Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) and chair of its branch in Jaffa (Yafo), was elected Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv–Jaffa on June 22, becoming the first Hadash representative to hold the position.

A Palestinian citizen of Israel, Badran is widely known for his involvement in struggles defending the rights of the Arab population in Jaffa, including campaigns against evictions, housing discrimination, and the displacement of local residents. 

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: The EU is complicit in the U.S-Israel's dirty war against Iran and Lebanon

Intervening in the debate on the Middle East held in the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg following the announcement of the preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement, the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) European Parliamentary Group delivered a statement condemning the EU's role in the region.

KKE MEP Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos stressed the following:

KKE MEPs to the European Union: Stop covering Israel’s pirate attacks in international waters

The European Parliamentary Group of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) has sent a new letter to the Vice-President of the European Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, condemning the latest Israeli pirate attack against the solidarity flotilla heading to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid.

The letter by the Party’s MEPs, Kostas Papadakis and Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos, reads as follows:

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.

May Day: Jews and Arabs march together in Tel Aviv and Nazareth, send message against war and Netanyahu

Thousands marched today (Saturday) in Nazareth, and yesterday in central Tel Aviv, against the war and against the right-wing government, as part of the May Day demonstrations organized by Hadash, Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and Young Communist League of Israel (YCLI). 

In Nazareth, thousands of Jews and Arabs marched from Tawfiq Zayad Street to Mary’s Well Square in the city center, where a rally featuring political speeches was held. 

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.” 

IMCWP Working Group: Statements against US-Israeli imperialist aggression and in solidarity with Cuba

The meeting of the Working Group (WG) of the International Meetings of Communist and Workers’ Parties (IMCWP), which was successfully held on 19 April in Istanbul, issued statements for the US-Israeli imperialist war in Iran and Lebanon as well as in solidarity with Cuba. 

Read below the two statements:

Statement on Solidarity with the Peoples of Iran, Lebanon, Palestine

Communist Party of Israel and Hadash condemn the desecration of Jesus statue by IDF soldier in Lebanon

A viral photograph showing an occupation Israeli soldier hitting a statue of Jesus Christ in southern Lebanon with a sledgehammer has sparked outrage. In a statement on Monday, April 19, the Israeli military confirmed the authenticity of the image that was widely shared online, garnering more than 5 million views on X. Commenting on social media, Hadash-Ta’al chair MK Ayman Odeh wrote pointedly: “We’ll wait to hear the police spokesperson claim that ‘the soldier felt threatened by Jesus’.” 

 

Holocaust Remembrance Day and the erasure of Jewish communist partisans: The case of Leon Tager

Leon Tager (with the white shirt, center) with his comrades, 1941.

Leon Tager, a Bulgarian communist of Jewish origin, was held in a forced labor camp in his homeland until June 24, 1941. Two days after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Tager did not wait for instructions from his party, which he had joined in 1933. He broke into the camp’s storage facilities, stole a backpack filled with explosives, and escaped.

Six days later, a massive explosion was heard, followed by flames engulfing the fuel depots of the Bulgarian port city of Ruse. 

Tudeh Party of Iran: Statement on the “provisional ceasefire” between Iran and the U.S

Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran

The Announcement of a “Provisional Ceasefire”, A Step Forward Toward Achieving Lasting Peace

In the final moments before the deadline set by the fascist President of the United States, threatening that Iran's “civilization will die tonight,” expired, it was announced that Iran and the United States had agreed on a conditional two-week ceasefire. According to this agreement, the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz will be kept as free as possible. According to published reports, this agreement was reached through the mediation of the Pakistani government.