Defying police crackdown, Israeli communists protest against US-Israel aggression towards Iran

Reactions to the Israeli state’s military operation against Iran continue inside Israel itself, despite increasing repression and the authoritarian measures of the state against anti-war voices.

On Saturday evening, demonstrators gathered at Habima Square in Tel Aviv to protest the government’s decision to continue the military assault. Protesters carried banners and placards reading, among other slogans, “Stop the imperialist aggression” and “Justice for Palestine,” calling for resistance to the war and to Israel’s deeper involvement in the regional conflict.

Israeli communist MP warns: "Trump and Netanyahu risk dragging world into a ‘forever war'"

The world risks being dragged into “forever war” by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu and only citizens standing up for peace can stop it, a Hadash MK warned yesterday. 

 

Knesset member Ofer Cassif of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) told the Morning Star that the US-Israeli attack on Iran was based on lies — and was already a smokescreen for intensified violence and ethnic cleansing in occupied Palestine.

 

Joint Statement by the Tudeh Party of Iran, Communist Party of Israel and Communist Party USA

Joint Statement of the Communist Parties of Iran (Tudeh), Israel (Maki) and the United States (CPUSA)

The war of aggression launched by the Netanyahu criminal government and the United States Imperialism in the early hours of Saturday morning against Iran has ignited a full-scale war and dragged the region and its peoples towards more disasters and civilian casualties – all in the service of imperialist interests, against the interests of peoples, their independence and their right to self-determination in an effort to dominate and control the region and the world.

KKE's leader Koutsoumbas refutes Mitsotakis' pretexts over Greece's involvement in the Middle East war

“Developments speak for themselves and shatter the complacency you have fostered for so long, while confirming the persistent warnings of the KKE”, said Dimitris Koutsoumbas, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), at the start of his speech in Parliament on 4 March. Addressing the Prime Minister, he refuted the propaganda that “as long as US forces are here, no one will bother us”, at a time when US bases across the region are coming under attack.

Shut Down All U.S–British Bases in Greece and Cyprus!

By Nikos Mottas 

The recent alert in Cyprus following threats of Iranian drone and retaliatory missile strikes once again exposes a dangerous reality that governments in Athens and Nicosia persistently attempt to obscure: the presence of U.S., NATO and British military bases turns both Greece and Cyprus into potential targets in an expanding imperialist war.

For days now, the wider region has been moving ever closer to the possibility of a generalized confrontation in the Middle East. The escalation triggered by the aggressive policies of the United States and Israel against Iran has already created a climate of extreme tension across the entire Eastern Mediterranean. 

Communists from Iran, Israel and the United States condemn Trump-Netanyahu war in the Middle East

Communist Parties from Iran, Israel and the United States have issued strong statements condemning the recent military escalation in the Middle East following the joint U.S.–Israeli attack on Iran. 

 

The statements warn that the aggression risks triggering a wider regional conflict and call for international mobilization to stop the war and defend the rights of the peoples of the region. The reactions came after coordinated strikes carried out by the United States and Israel against targets inside Iran, an operation that dramatically heightened tensions across the Middle East and raised fears of a broader confrontation.

 

AKEL: The attack on British bases confirms the dangers that their presence poses to Cyprus

In a statement about the recent drone attacks against the British sovereign base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, the Press Office of the CC of the Progressive Party of the Working People (AKEL), stresses out:

The recent attack on the British bases on our island confirms the dangers that their presence poses to Cyprus and our people. We call on the government to convey to the British government that Cyprus and its people oppose any kind of military involvement of the bases in any conflicts in the region. 

KKE calls for popular mobilization to disengage Greece from the US–Israeli war in the Middle East

The Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) issued the following statement (here in Greek) regarding developments in the Middle East war and the deployment of military forces to Cyprus:

“The latest dramatic developments in Cyprus, as well as in other countries of the region, in themselves demand that Greece disengage here and now from the flames of war ignited by the United States and Israel with their military attack on Iran.

 

Communist Initiative of Cyprus: The island is becoming a target for retaliation - Shut down the British bases

Statement (here in Greek) by the Communist Initiative of Cyprus on the ongoing developments in the Middle East: 

Cyprus is dangerously being turned into a target for retaliation through the British bases. The drone attack on the NATO base in Akrotiri, combined with the official authorization granted by Britain to the United States shortly beforehand for the use of the British bases in operations against Iran, dramatically confirm the dangers created by deeper involvement.

Tudeh Party of Iran on the death of Ali Khamenei and the right of the Iranian people to decide their future

In a new statement, the Tudeh Party of Iran stresses out: 

"Dear compatriots,

Following the aggressive attacks by Netanyahu’s criminal regime and U.S. imperialism on Iranian soil, Ali Khamenei—the regime’s Supreme Leader and a dictator who over the past thirty-seven years, through destructive policies and the reactionary ideology of “political Islam,” drove the country to the brink of war and destruction—along with a number of his family members and close associates, as well as some commanders of the Revolutionary Guard and repressors of the people, have been killed.

Tudeh Party strongly condemns the aggressive attack by Israel and the USA against Iran

In a statement issued on 28 February 2026, the Tudeh Party of Iran strongly condemned the joint aggressive military attack of US and Israel against Iran: 

"Dear Compatriots!

Early this morning, our country was attacked by extensive missile and air strikes by the racist Israeli government and the United States. This blatant aggression against Iranian territory occurs while the Iranian and US government officials, with the mediation of regional countries, have been engaged in negotiations over the past few weeks to resolve disputes over Iran’s nuclear program.

Israel's communists condemn US-Israeli joint military aggression against Iran

Israel and the United States launched a joint military attack on Iran this morning (Saturday). U.S. President Donald Trump officially announced that the United States had initiated a “large-scale attack” on Iran. 

 

According to reports, explosions were heard this morning in the capital, Tehran, and in other parts of the country. In Israel, sirens sounded in the north and center of the country following missile launches from Iran, and residents across the country were instructed to remain close to protected areas.

 

KKE: New criminal US–Israel attack on Iran pushes the Middle East closer to a generalized war

In a statement (here in Greek) on the US–Israel attack on Iran, the Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stresses the following:

“The new military attack by the state of Israel and the United States against Iran is a condemnable and criminal act that brings closer the prospect of a generalized war in the Middle East and the broader region.

KKE condemns the threats by the US and the state of Israel against Iran

In a statement, the Press Office of the CC of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) stresses the following: 

The KKE condemns the threats and war preparations of US imperialism and the state of Israel for a new attack against Iran, as demonstrated by the build-up of massive firepower in the Persian Gulf. The region is at the centre of the storm of imperialist competition and could at any moment be engulfed in the flames of imperialist war.

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.

 

Tudeh Party leading member: Iran’s uprising is a class struggle that imperialism seeks to hijack

Tudeh Party's leading cadre, Mohammad Omidvar, gave an interview to the Morning Star, analysing the class roots of the current uprising in Iran and warning against imperialist interference in Iran. Read the full interview below:

Question: How do you assess the deeper socioeconomic forces that have driven people into the streets, and why do you disagree with the Iranian Government’s position that this is a foreign plot? 

The KKE condemns the U.S provocative threats of a new imperialist military attack on Iran

In a statement (here in Greek) on developments in Iran, the Press Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) notes:

“The KKE condemns the provocative threats issued by the United States for a new imperialist military attack on Iran, jointly with the state of Israel, within the framework of the broader imperialist antagonisms, aiming to shape political developments in that country as well, in accordance with their own geopolitical interests. These threats come as a continuation of the imperialist intervention in Venezuela and the threats directed against Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, and Greenland.

Tudeh Party of Iran: Statements on the current crisis in Iran, the demonstrations and imperialist threats

The Tudeh Party of Iran follows closely and carefully the ongoing developments in the Islamic Republic of Iran and have proceeded to statements and urgents calls regarding the situation in the country. We republish the two latest statements/articles of the Party, published on 9 and 12 January respectively:

Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran

The Communist Party of Turkey on the bloodbath in Syria's Aleppo: "This is what you created, it's yours!"

Aleppo has once again become the scene of a brutal bloodbath. Clashes between forces of the jihadist Syrian government and Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have engulfed civilian neighborhoods, leaving destruction, displacement, and fear in their wake. 

In a statement (read here in Turkish), the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP), stresses out:

THIS IS THE PHOTO YOU CREATED — BE PROUD OF IT! 

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.