Representatives of Communist Party of Israel Visit Cuba

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October 13th, 2009

Representatives of Communist Party of Israel Visit Cuba

Invited by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, a delegation of members of the Communist Party of Israel (CPI) visited Cuba from October 2 to 12. Presiding over the group was Muhammed Barakeh, Politburo member, leader of progressive and democratic forces in the Israeli Parliament, and Secretary General of the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (HADASH). Other members of the delegation were Jamil Abu Ras, CPI Politburo member and Secretary General of the Histadrut Trade Union, and Dr. Offer Cassit, university professor.

During its stay, the Israeli delegation held several work meetings with Jorge Risquet Valdés, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. There, Cuba ratified its support to the cause of Israeli communists and the Palestinian people, condemned the genocide perpetrated by Zionist administrations and fully endorsed the creation of a Palestinian State that should have its capital city in East Jerusalem.

The Israeli visitors also acknowledged the active role Cuba has played supporting the Palestinian cause, condemned the cruel and inhumane US blockade against Cuba, and demanded the immediate release of the Cuban Five.

http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/english/news/art0047.html

http://www.maki.org.il/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5042&Itemid=82