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Re: Report of XIV Congress of the Communist Party of Israel, May 31 ~- June 3, 1961; Condensation of Report of the Central Committee of Communist Party of Israel Given at the Opening Session of the Congress, May 31, 1961 The rulers of Israel are continuing and even stepping up the anti-Arab persecution and discrimination in public life in the economic and cultural spheres. However, the recent past has seen a steady increase in the number of political parties and groups favoring the abolition of military government and opposing the national persecution of the Arab population. All these policies of Ben-Gurion's regime are inimical to the national interests of Israel and our people and opposed to the vital historical processes of our time. Our Party calls for the creation of a united working class front as the basis for forging a national democratic front, We are ready to cooperate with all working class parties on an agreed platform and we stand for cooperation with other popular strata and with the petty and national bourgeois## The defense of the interests of the working class and all toilers in town and country, the defense of national independence and support for the cause of peace, can serve as the basis for this cooperation. Towards the elections we turned to the central bodies of Mapam and “Ahdut .&vodah suggesting the establishment of a working class front which would include the democratic, anti-Ben-Gurion wing of Mapai. The leaders of Mapam and ..Ahdut avoéshrejected our proposal and in so doing served the interests of local and foreign reaction. In the light of the splitting tactics of these parties we call on the workers and all democrats to strengthen our Party for the coming elections. On the ideological front the deep crisis in the Zionist movement today is a reflection of the crisis within the imperialist system and its degeneration. The anti-Soviet and anti-Communist slander of the Zionist leaders reveal their class bias, We counterpose to thelr bourgeoise nationalism the Marxist-Leninist solution of the Jewish problem based on full equality to the Jewish masses. Historral