Comments on: Israeli Communist Party supports Bashar Assad – in Arabic only

By: Amos

Amos — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:54:11 +0000

If Gurvitz can’t even transliterate the name of the website he’s supposedly quoting from, well, that seems to be the quality and depth of the rest of the critique. (And seriously, Dov Henin a “magnetic speaker”? Not even the most starry-eyed Henin fans would dare say that…)

It’s a pity 972 allows such slander, but giving it a proper dissection would grant it more respect than it merits.

By: Michael T

Michael T — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 11:56:54 +0000

SINJIM, The articles are in Arabic and are indeed openly antagonistic towards the Syrian people’s uprising.

By: Sinjim

Sinjim — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:19:55 +0000

Why don’t you provide a link to the articles you reference in your post, Yossi? I read the article from May 12 that was linked to in the post, and that’s far from supportive of the Syrian regime and more about condemning Israel and the US. He specifically singles out the emergency laws and the state security for condemnation at the beginning of the piece.

Did you read these articles, or a translation of them if you don’t know Arabic? Or are you relying on a second-hand report?

RE Saeed Hotary: This is the same guy Raed Kami. He’s some sort of shit-stirring troll who constantly talks about Jews moving back to Belarus and is most likely not an Arab at all.

By: Yossi Gurvitz

Yossi Gurvitz — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 04:13:48 +0000

Saeed, are you seriously asking this question?

By: Saeed Hotary

Saeed Hotary — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:49:46 +0000

why are you exposing this? This only benefits the zionists.

By: Michael T

Michael T — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 23:12:51 +0000

Yes yes.. fake Imperialistic plots in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen.. ooh those annoying red bastards and their whining..
I am no Hadash or CPI supporter, but the red-baiting in this article is as refreshing as the CPI’s own line.

By: J Estiphan

J Estiphan — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 21:59:55 +0000

Not really surprising Hadash “speaks from both sides of its mouth” – that’s the way communist parties have always behaved, and why they never get much support from people.

No question that what is going on in Syria is evil – in any langugage.

According to eyewitnesses, pattern of aggression lately is for army (or irregular armed groups) to surround and bomb a town or village, shoot protesters, accusing the inhabitants of being members terrorists / supporters of foreign plots; In a number of places, the population, mainly Sunnis, has chosen to flee or been forced out, before soldiers and security agents enter, accompanied by (in this case) Alawite gangs who unleash terror on reminaing (mainly Sunni, but some Orthodox Christian) unarmed civlians. Refugees report theft and the burning of crops, harrassment of women and girls.

Sound familiar? Like 1947-1949? Like what happens to Israelis from the “wrong” community (mainly Sunni and Orthodox Christian) every week in the areas the IDF invaded in 1967 what with the home demolitions, harassment on the basis of race.religion, use of armed gangs to take over land and property for the benefit and protection of one race.religion over the others – all protected by the army?

The apartheid planners in the Alawite party will next tell the world that all those refugees (Sunnis and Orthodox Christian) that have fled to Lebanon and Turkey etc cannot possibly be allowed to return home. Why, that would be a threat to the “Alawite” state!

By: Ofer N

Ofer N — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:09:01 +0000

Yossi, it’s not that simple. Even those who can’t read Arabic can use Google Translate, and see that Nafaa certainly criticizes the regime. There is room for criticism of Nafaa’s approach here ( in my view too), but the debate has to be informed.

http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=iw&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=ar&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljabha.org%2Findex.asp%3Fi%3D59576&act=url

“We take for the Syrian people the hero and authentic full rights, we are against corruption, against the state security courts, and against the arbitrary arrests against the emergency laws, the suppression of freedom of opinion and many others, but: “

By: Charles

Charles — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:20:14 +0000

Tom P. is right. This is an important and interesting news tidbit, but the author takes it much too far. Why not write in support of the progressive forces inside the ICP (who will probably be in charge when the old guard passes on) instead of condemning the whole thing? Dov Khenin doesn’t only represent a kind of false facade for Jews only; he is a leader, full stop, who deserves to be supported because of what he does and says.

By: Ilan Shalif

Ilan Shalif — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:19:49 +0000

It is just the old superficial one dimensional “opposition” of the marxist/leninist “communist” parties against the main capitalist agent. Thus, in the opposition to the British mandate of Palestine they supported the division of Palestine by UN and establishment of Israel – never regretted till this day. Thus, they also supported the most reactionary regimes who were in conflict or opposed the main imperialist power – like Sadam Husain, Quagafy, Bashar Assad, etc.