Since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, Israeli forces have waged a relentless assault on Gaza. It is estimated that over eleven thousand civilians have been killed, more than one in every two hundred residents; the majority of the dead are women and children. Meanwhile, Israeli settlers in the West Bank have unleashed a new wave of violence, and Israel has ramped up repression of dissent within its own borders.

Jacobin Brasil’s Hugo Albuquerque recently spoke to Eli Gozansky, a Jewish Israeli member of the leadership of the Israeli Communist Party, part of the broader left-wing coalition Hadash, about the ongoing crisis. The two discussed the war on Gaza, the evolving domestic political situation in Israel, and the Communist Party’s demands for an immediate cease-fire.