A leader of the leftist Mapam denounced current anti-Semitism in Russia and declared that death sentences for economic offenses were unworthy of a Socialist regime.
Jacob Hazan, a leader of the party, made the denunciation at the annual convention of the party. He said that while Mapam was spiritually united with the Socialist world, it did not, however, identify itself with any specific Socialist country.
The speaker told the delegates that he foresaw a long period for the Mapam of fighting its way alone with no hope of an early union with the other two labor parties, Achdut Avodah and Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion’s Mapai. He called the proposal of another Mapam leader for a three-party unification as “dead before it was born.”
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
