Conference in Iraq calls for recognition of the state of Israel

Vol. 85/No. 38 - October 18, 2021

Over 300 participants attended a Sept. 24 meeting in Iraq that called on Baghdad to establish full diplomatic relations with the state of Israel. Because Iraqi law bans calling for normalization with Israel, the meeting took place in Erbil, the…



Forum discusses SWP campaigns, recognition of state of Israel

Vol. 85/No. 28 - July 19, 2021
Hundreds of Jewish passengers fleeing Nazi persecution aboard St. Louis ocean liner, above, in 1939 were forced back to Europe after Washington and Ottawa denied them entry. Many died in Holocaust. Israel was founded after imperialist powers barred postwar Jewish refugees.

ATLANTA — “The Socialist Workers Party met the test of the capitalist crisis and pandemic over the past 15 months — in program and action,” SWP National Committee member Steve Clark told 50 people at a Militant Labor Forum here…


‘New York Times,’ liberal press act as propaganda agents for Hamas

Vol. 85/No. 26 - July 5, 2021

The Hamas group, which rules Gaza, mounted an incendiary balloon attack against civilian areas in Israel June 16, which caused at least 20 fires inside the country. This was meant to provoke a military response from the new Israeli administration,…


Jewish and Arab workers join to advance class solidarity in Israel

Vol. 85/No. 24 - June 21, 2021

The brief wave of clashes in Israel in mid-May shows the challenges and the desire of Jewish and Arab working people there to come together to advance their class interests. Attacks against Jews and Arabs alike took place as tensions…



Fidel Castro: ‘No one has been slandered more than the Jews’

Vol. 85/No. 22 - June 7, 2021

Supporters of Hamas and some middle-class radicals have responded to the recent fighting between the reactionary Islamist group and the Israeli military by organizing protests under the slogan “From the river to the sea, Palestine must be free” — a…


After the cease fire, what road forward in the Middle East?

Vol. 85/No. 22 - June 7, 2021
Jewish and Arab workers at Rambam Health Care in Haifa, hold Arabic and Hebrew signs May 16 saying “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies.” This is key to class-struggle road forward.

Both Hamas, the reactionary Islamist party that rules the Gaza Strip, and the government of Israel claim they “won” the latest round of fighting that ended with a May 21 cease-fire. This is the fourth time since 2008 Hamas rocket…


For recognition of Palestinian state, Israel

Vol. 85/No. 22 - June 7, 2021

The following is based on excerpts from a December 2017 statement by Jack Barnes, Socialist Workers Party national secretary. Pressing for the Israeli and Arab governments and leaderships of Palestinian organizations to begin immediate talks to recognize both Israel and…


Press for talks to recognize a Palestinian state and Israel

Vol. 85/No. 21 - May 31, 2021

Rocket attacks and shelling between Hamas and the Israeli government continued in mid-May, resulting in mounting civilian deaths, injuries, destruction of neighborhoods and displacement of families. Since officials of Gaza’s Islamist regime initiated the armed conflict May 10, Hamas and…