The Communist International has decided to change the composition of the Palestine Communist Party with a view to increasing the number of Arab members and decreasing the number of Jewish ones by expelling from the party those Jewish members who participated in the defense of the Jewish population during the riots, says the Hebrew paper “Doar Hayom.” Simultaneously, Communist agents in Palestine are being strengthened, it is reported.
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