A series of resolutions aimed at intensifying the fight against Zionism was adopted at a conference of Jewish Communist leaders from East European countries held early in January in Marienbad, Czechoslovakia, it was learned here today.
The conference, which lasted five days, was attended by experts on Jewish affairs from Moscow, headed by Professor V.B. Lutzky, notorious for his attacks on Zionism and Israel in the Soviet press and at public lectures in the U.S.S.R. The resolutions adopted urged the waging of a "bitter war to the end" against Zionism in all Cominform countries.
As a result of this conference, special broadcasts will be launched in Yiddish from Budapest and Bucharest radio stations appealing to Jews in Hungary and Rumania "to boycott Zionist agents and oppose their propaganda for emigration to Israel." The Communist Party of Israel was promised at the conference "better support" on the condition that it purge its ranks of "nationalist and Titoist elements."
The conference suggested that the activities of the Communist party in Israel be devoted primarily to the spreading of propaganda among the Arabs in the Jewish state and to the establishment of contact with the underground Communist groups in lebanon and Syria. The Communists in Israel have also been urged by the conference to intensify their subversive activities, including demonstrations, parades and strikes.
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