Pravda, the official organ of the Soviet Communist Party, approved in Moscow yesterday the resolutions adopted at the convention here last week of the moderate faction of the split Israeli Communist Party, led by Samuel Mikunis and Moshe Sneh. The convention of the more extreme faction, led by Meir Wilner and Toufik Tubi, also held here last week, was completely ignored by Pravda.
The Mikunis faction called for Arab-Israel peace, condemned any calls for Israel’s destruction, advocated unimpeded access for Israel shipping in the Suez Canal, and also urged that Israel receive use of a fair share of the Jordan River waters. While ignoring the Wilner-Tubi convention, Pravda published the text of the Mikunis-Sneh resolution, accusing the rival faction of “factionalism.”
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