Israel & Palestine

Massive public sector general strike rocks Israel

Written by Alon L. and Yossi Schwartz in Israel Thursday, 30 November 2006

A major strike took place in Israel yesterday, called by the Histadrut, over the issue of unpaid wages and siphoning off of workers' pension funds. The strike affected 200,000 public sector workers, uniting secular Jews, religious Jews, and Muslim and Christian Arabs all striking together against their exploiters. As the Marxists have always explained, the class struggle cuts across ethnic division, and offers the only path to a real solution of the problem.

Israel bombs Gaza but even its own ruling class cannot see a way out

Written by Yossi Schwartz Wednesday, 22 November 2006

After the humiliating exit from south Lebanon, the Israeli generals have turned on the lesser-armed Palestinians of Gaza. Their bombing solves nothing. It only exacerbates an already extremely unstable situation. The situation highlights the fact that this rotten Israeli ruling class can offer no solutions, but only create more problems.

The Partido Obrero distorts the ideas of Marxist.com on Israel/Palestine

Written by Yossi Schwartz and Alon Lessel in Israel Monday, 06 November 2006

In spite of our exhaustive response to the leaders of the Argentinean Partido Obrero some time ago, they periodically repeat the same distortions of our ideas. Earlier this year they concentrated their efforts on our analysis and proposals concerning the situation in Israel/Palestine. Here our Israeli comrades set the record straight.

Gaza bombed again as Israeli government moves even further right

Written by Yossi Schwartz in Israel Friday, 03 November 2006

Over the past couple of days 24 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza. This follows a further shift to the right on the part of the Olmert government after the ultra-racist party of Lieberman joined the coalition. With these renewed attacks they are trying to distract the attention of the Israeli masses as it become abundantly clear that the country is in an impasse.

The crisis in the Middle East deepens

Written by Yossi Schwartz in Israel Wednesday, 25 October 2006

The whole of the Middle East has entered a crisis. Country after country is rocked by political, economic and military crises. The shockwaves of the recent war in Lebanon are still being felt. Imperialism seeks to manoeuvre in this situation to defend its strategic interests, but every step they take simply exacerbates the situation.

Israel-Lebanon: The illusions of peace under imperialist order

Written by Yossi Schwartz in Haifa Monday, 25 September 2006

In spite of the claims of Israeli government ministers and top army generals, Israel did not win the recent war in Lebanon. It is Hezbollah that has emerged enormously strengthened, as the 800,000 strong rally the other day amply proved. All this is forcing the imperialists to rethink their strategy in the region.

Israel: Following defeat in the war, scandal and crisis engulf the bourgeois government

Written by Alon Lessel in Israel Wednesday, 13 September 2006

Instead of emerging strengthened from the recent war in Lebanon, the Israeli ruling class been enormously weakened. It failed in all its objectives. Now we are witnessing an unprecedented level of distrust in all the institutions of the state. What is being prepared is a backlash on the part of the Israeli workers.