Israeli Communist Party המפלגה הקומוניסטית הישראלית الحزب الشيوعي الاسرائيلي | |
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Leadership | Central committee |
Founder | |
Founded | 1 September 1965 |
Split from | Maki |
Headquarters | Nazareth, Tel Aviv |
Newspaper | Al-Ittihad |
Youth wing | Alliance of the Israeli Communist Youth |
Ideology | |
Political position | Far-left |
National affiliation | Hadash |
International affiliation | IMCWP |
Colours | Red |
Knesset | 3 / 120 |
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The Israeli Communist Party, commonly known by its Hebrew abbreviation Maki (Hebrew: מק״י), is a far-left, communist and anti-Zionist political party in Israel that forms part of the political alliance known as Hadash. It was originally known as Rakah (רק"ח), an acronym for Reshima Komunistit Hadasha ("New Communist List"), after breaking away from the original Maki in the 1960s.
Following the Soviet change of heart regarding Israel in the early 1950s, Maki reverted to the anti-Zionist positions that had characterized it in Mandatory times. From that time onwards, it positioned itself as an anti-establishment party that opposed Israel's pro-Western alignment, rejected mass-immigration of Jews to Israel, and called for the establishment of a socialist regime and for self-determination for Israeli Arabs.
האנטי-ציונות המוצהרת של המפלגה הקומוניסטית[The declared anti-Zionism of the Communist Party]