This article was written by a Palestinian from Haifa about the Mexico City poet Eduardo Mosches, who had been a Matzpen member in the late 60's and was known to his friends at the time as David Moses. The article was published in Periódico de Poesía, March 2023, and was translated from Spanish by Mitchell Abidor, May 2026
La Biennale de Venise (2026) présente les œuvres de 110 artistes, dont une installation du cinéaste israélien Avi Mograbi. Cette installation s'inspire en partie de son film « Dans un jardin je suis entré » (2012, auquel participe Ali Al-Azhari, membre de Matzpen), et plus particulièrement de l'édition de 1938 du guide « Dalil Jad'oun ». Ce guide a été numérisé et publié intégralement (878 pages, en arabe et en français) sur le site web de Matzpen.
The Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition (2026) presents the works of 110 artists, including an installation by the Israeli film maker Avi Mograbi. The installation is partly based on Mograbi’s film Once I Entered a Garden (2012, participated by Matzpen-member Ali Al-Azhari), in particular on the 1938 edition of a guidebook called the Jad’oun Guide (Dalil Jad’oun in Arabic). The "Dalil" has been scanned and published in its entirety (878 pages, in Arabic and French) on the Matzpen website.
My strongest bond with him was formed in 1967, before the June war and following it. We found ourselves as a besieged group. The Israeli society around us went berserk with chauvinism, paranoia before the war and intoxication after the catastrophic victory. We desperately needed each other to share our feelings and views.
A brief biographical summary of the long life of Susie Barry, born as Sultana (aka Malka) Canetti in Turkey on 15 December 1928.
Recommended reading on the occasion of International Women's Day, March 8.
L’Etat d’Israël est structurellement raciste, c’est un Etat qui pratique l’Apartheid, selon la définition officielle de ce terme par les Nations Unies.
Israel’s racism is rooted in its nature as a settler state. Uprooting colonialist racism requires a change of regime, decolonisation – which in the case of Israel means de-Zionisation.
Israel’s racism is rooted in its nature as a settler state. Uprooting colonialist racism requires a change of regime, decolonisation – which in the case of Israel means de-Zionisation.
Accession of the Hebrew nation to a future socialist federation of the Arab East can only be voluntary. Moreover, it would be a grave error on the part of socialists to condone, let alone advocate, attempts at a forcible accession. But this means that Hebrew accession to the federation would occur by exercising self-determination.
Obituary: AKIVA “AKI” Orr was a revolutionary activist and writer, founding member of the Israeli Socialist Organization (Matzpen), an enchanting raconteur, and a unique, larger-than-life character
Obituary: my close personal and political connection with Akiva Orr and his family began in 1959 when Aki was still a member of Maki.
Obituary: Oded Pilavsky 1932 - 2011
The role of our Matzpen group in Germany was very important at the time. We were few, but we were loud. We went from university to university, from teach-in to teach-in. As radical left-wing Israelis – with me as the only Palestinian among them – we made an impression. What struck the Germans was this: if Israelis are saying these things, then criticising Israel cannot be antisemitic.
This article brings together my commitment to communism and my scientific work in the theory of social choice, particularly the measurement of voting power.
The Zionist movement and its State – ISRAEL, do not represent the Jewish people. They never did. They represent a particular trend within the Jewish people, namely – the nationalist trend.
...socialists often forego an independent critical socialist viewpoint and are content to tail behind this or that brand of radical nationalism. Independent positions such as those advocated in the present article, which were formerly held and defended by significant sections of the revolutionary left, have been abandoned or simply forgotten. They need to be reaffirmed.
by Ehud Ein-Gil and Moshe Machover, July 2008
How should we think about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict? Please note: "how" comes before "what". Before coming to any substantive conclusions – certainly before taking sides – we must be clear as to how the issue ought to be approached.
A chapter in the history of the Nakba: after failed attempts to occupy the three villages (Ijzim, Jaba and Ein Ghazal) the Israeli government decided to take advantage of the second truce to attack them with increased forces. In order to deceive the UN, the offensive was presented as a police operation to protect the traffic between Tel Aviv and Haifa.