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A graffiti with names of Palestinians who were killed in conflict and Israel is holding their bodies, and reads "no for the detention of the Martyrs remains," at a section of the Israeli separation wall, in the village of Abu Dis, South of Ramallah, Friday, September 24, 2021
COMMUNISTS gathered in Israel vowed to fight “against racism and Jewish superiority” in the country at a three-day party conference which concluded in Shfaram on Saturday.
The Communist Party of Israel, known alternatively as Maki, said that “only a substantial and profound democratic change in dominant views” would rescue the country from a deepening crisis.
“The people of Israel need a political force capable of fighting for full national and civic equality of rights for the Arab-Palestinian national minority in Israel, and which will fight all signs of racism and Jewish superiority in the country,” a statement from the party’s central committee said.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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