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ISRAELI communists warned that the need to oppose a new fascism was urgent as they held a Victory Day celebration in the Red Army forest near Jerusalem on Saturday.
Communist Party of Israel general secretary Adel Amer addressed the event — held on the closest weekend to Victory Day, celebrated in western Europe on May 8 and in Russia on May 9 — ahead of further huge protests in Tel Aviv against the far-right government’s planned attacks on the judiciary.
“We in Hadash” (the Communist-led alliance) “will continue to fight for democracy and continue to join protests against the right-wing government,” Mr Amer said, “to fight for true democracy — democracy without occupation, democracy with national and civil rights for Palestinians.”
The ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was based on evidence of a pattern of violence and hatred targeting Arabs and Muslims, two communities that have a large population in Birmingham — overturning the ban was tacit acceptance of the genocidal ideology the fans espouse, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE
ASSAF TALGAM talks to an Israeli Communist lawmaker about the need to use every tool of democratic and non-violent struggle; how Israeli society has changed since October 7 2023; and the persecution of the left in the parliamentary arena
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports on the Israeli national strike as thousands call for an end to the war