Communists
On this day: Communist Bulgaria downs El Al flight 402, killing all 58 people onboard
On this day in 1955, Bulgarian MiG fighters brought down El Al Flight 402, killing all 58 people aboard and setting off a Cold War dispute over responsibility and justice.
From McCarthy to Trump: How the politics of fear made a comeback - opinion
The ‘secret’ behind the success of the CPC, the world’s largest governing party - opinion
'Murderer NATO': Over 100 anti-NATO protesters detained in Turkey ahead of Ankara summit
Ceremony in Jerusalem commemorates communism amid anniversary of WWII end
The event was held according to Heath Ministry protocol, in contrast to previous years in which members of the Communist Party, the Joint List and numerous army veterans attended the event.
South African anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg dies at age 87
Despite recieving help from the Israeli government in the negotiated release of his 22-year imprisonment, Goldberg remained a vocal critic of Israel and avid supporter of the BDS movement.
Chinese businessman missing after criticizing Xi's handling of coronavirus
Ren Zhiqiang, a member of China's ruling Communist Party, has not been heard from since March 12, friends say.
Hebrew-speaking Chinese reporter sways Israeli ‘hearts and minds’
In an opinion piece on the Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, an Israeli academic warns that Israelis respond a little too well to Hebrew speaking Chinese media stars.
Chinese court sentences Early Rain Church pastor to nine years for subversion
Wang Yi, pastor of the Early Rain Covenant Church, was among dozens of the church's members and leaders detained by police in December 2018, most of whom were subsequently released.
The Holocaust in the Soviet Union in Real Time
‘Pravda,’ the Communist Party’s main newspaper, wrote about the estimated six million Jews murdered in December 1944 – before ‘The New York Times’ acknowledged this number.
U.S. envoy blasts German minister for comparing U.S. with communist China
The comparison is “an insult to the thousands of American troops who help ensure Germany’s security and to the millions of Americans committed to a strong Western alliance.”
Anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall poses fresh challenges for German Jews
Although the fall of communism liberated Jewry, the striving for freedom continues
Mike Pompeo says U.S. must confront China's Communist Party
Pompeo said the United States had long cherished its friendship with the Chinese people, adding the Communist government was not the same thing as the people of China.
For the love of justice
In For the Love of Justice, my father incisively comments on many of these tumultuous events, bringing to them the personal experiences and emotions of one who lived through most of them.
