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tition Plan to consider the USSR a friend,
an abrupt
demoralized and depressed by these conditions
ternations
Communism is not strong in Israel. The
and will, therefore, be more susceptible to ex-
recent deterioration of Israeli-Soviet relations,
as previou
tremist propaganda. The government is aware
save Jeru
of the urgency of this problem, but it is severely
following Soviet support for the internation-
Qol Haan
alization of Jerusalem, convinced most of the
handicapped both by lack of funds and by its
line. Th
fellow-travellers that they were essentially
inability to curtail immigration effectively.
tact with
Any announced change in government policy
Israeli nationalists rather than Communist
rounding
internationalists. Traditional Soviet opposi-
would almost certainly result in a decrease of
Commun
Jewish contributions from the US, and the
tion to Zionism, Soviet support of the interna-
and func
tionalization of Jerusalem, the refusal of the
genuine pressure of immigration strongly sup-
ICP thr
ports Israel's refusal to take back any signifi-
USSR to permit the emigration of its 2,500,000
missions
Jews, and its recently revived campaign
cant number of Arab refugees.
Russian
The problem shows no signs of becoming less
against "bourgeois Zionism" are largely re-
sponsible for the failure of the Israeli Com-
appear
serious. Forty thousand Yemenite Jews have
trate Is
munist Party to attract a wide following.
fled to Aden and are currently being trans-
The I
ported to Israel; 30,000 Polish Jews, under the
The Israeli Communist Party platform in
its cour
conditions of their exit visas, must leave Po-
January 1949 stressed the fight against "im-
the "Pt
land by August 1950; and thousands of North
perialism" and foreign concessions and de-
ern "in
African Jews are also planning to enter Israel
manded closer ties with the USSR and more
cal all
during the coming year.* In 1949 the United
socialism in Israel. One Arab and three Jew-
derline
Jewish Appeal (UJA) in America, the Jewish
ish delegates were sent to the Israeli Assembly.
USSR
Agency's chief source of funds, raised only
One Jewish delegate, however, in the course of
reduce
$115,000,000 of a goal of $250,000,000. The
ICP purges of "Titoist" elements, was ousted
nation
Jewish Agency has already had to borrow from
from the ICP and now is with MAPAM. i The
smacl
the Israeli Government in order to provide
ICP is not represented in the cabinet but does
furth
for the current needs of the 100,000 immi-
participate in the activities of Histadruth.
fund
grants in camps in Israel, and the UJA is urg-
However, the eighteen Communist representa-
is su
ing its affiliated organization to borrow against
tives in Histadruth, the total membership of
is fr
anticipated 1950 receipts. Although the pros-
which is about 500, have little influence.
the
pects for the 1950 UJA campaign are somewhat
The ICP's vociferousness and the noisiness
disc
better than in 1949, the donations are expected
of its leaders give it an appearance of impor-
com
to fall far short of the $272,000,000 goal.
tance out of all proportion to its size. (Al-
C
So long as Israel seeks to maintain a policy
though no exact figure is known, the hard-core
fun
of neutrality between the US and the USSR,
of the ICP is estimated at not more than 3,000.)
the
remains unable to resolve its difficulties with
A certain number of Eastern European im-
lar
the Arabs, experiences a badly unbalanced
migrants, with a scattering of planted Com-
col
economy, and emphasizes the socialist charac-
munist agents, will undoubtedly join the ICP,
ha
ter of its economy, it is unlikely to attract the
but membership is not likely to increase sig-
C
foreign investment on the scale required.
nificantly so long as the internal situation in
Without such investment, unlimited immigra-
Israel remains stable. The ICP's awareness
tion will either drive Israel into bankruptcy or
of its own weakness explains its continual ef-
compel it to reduce its comparatively high
forts to form a united front with MAPAM,
standard of living to such an extent that po-
which, although willing to cooperate with the
litical instability might well result.
ICP on certain issues, rejects any idea of union
e. Communism.
with it.
Although a substantial minority in Israel
As an orthodox Communist party, the ICP
was induced by Soviet support of the UN Par-
obediently alters its stand on various issues to
coincide with that of the USSR. When the
In March 1950 Iraq passed a law permitting
USSR strongly supported the GA resolution of
Iraqi Jews to emigrate. A quarter to a half of
December 1949 to internationalize Jerusalem,
Iraq's 125,000 Jews may well go to Israel, whether
the ICP, although after some hesitancy, did
legally or illegally.
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