Meir Vilner

(1918 - 2003)

Meir Vilner

Meir Vilner, originally Ber Kovner, was a key Israeli Communist leader and the last living signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Active in both Jewish and Arab causes, he advocated for Palestinian rights and a peaceful, shared future while serving in the Knesset from 1949 to 1990 as a representative of the Communist Party of Israel. Known for his principled opposition to Israeli military aggression and his commitment to justice for all peoples in Israel, Vilner remained a steadfast voice for equality and peace throughout his life.

Biography

Works

After the Liquidated Balfour Declaration in Palestine The Communist, [US] Volume 18, Number 8 (August 1939)

Arab-Jewish Unity for the Solution of Palestine's Problems [Statement before the Anglo-American Inquiry Commission] (March 1946) Political Affairs (June 1946)

Palestine Communists Hold Report Tightens British Rule [Daily Worker, US] (June 5, 1946)

The United Nations and Palestine [Daily Worker, US] (June 6, 1946)

Hypocrisy of the Palestine Report [Daily Worker, US] (June 7, 1946)

The Palestine Report: Conclusion [Daily Worker, US] (June 8, 1946)

Imperialism Strangles Palestine Economy (July 1947)

Present Developments in Israel, [World Marxist Review] (April 1967)

Interview with Meir Vilner [World Marxist Review Information Bulletin, Volume 6, No. 13] (1968)

Two Years Since the June 1967 War (1969)

Speech of Meir Vilner to the International Conference of Communist and Workers' Parties, Moscow (June 1969)

The Palestinian Question at the Present Stage of Development [Jewish Affairs, CPUSA] (October 1970)

Interview with Meir Vilner [World Marxist Review Information Bulletin, Volume 9, No. 9] (1971)

A Disastrous Course [Jewish Affairs, CPUSA] (July-August 1973)

Let Us Secure the Lives of Our Children and of Israel by a Just and Lasting Peace, Speech in Knesset [Jewish Affairs, CPUSA] (December 1973)

Heroes of the War [The African Communist, #56] (First Quarter 1974)

Zionism - Is It Racist? Two Statements on the UN Resolution, with Hyman Lumer (1975)

On U.N Resolution about Zionism [The African Communist, #65] (Second Quarter 1976)

Leave Lebanon Immediately! Stop the Murder and Destruction!, [Jewish Affairs, CPUSA] (July-August 1982)

Break the vicious circle of bloodshed (1982)

Always Innovate While Learning Constantly from Past Experience, Speech of Meir Vilner on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Communist Party of Israel (1984)

Lessons for Israel [Jewish Affairs, CPUSA] (January-February 1984)

Confrontation and Prospects [Jewish Affairs, CPUSA] (March-April 1984)

The Israeli Terrorists and Their Abettors [Jewish Affairs, CPUSA] (May-June 1984)

Anti-Fascist Unity Key in Israel [Jewish Affairs, CPUSA] (July-August 1984)

Israel After the Election [Jewish Affairs, CPUSA] (March-April 1985)

Basic Policy of the Government is the Root of Evil! [Jewish Affairs, CPUSA] (November-December 1985)

Excerpt from Speech at the 27th CPSU Congress [Pravda] (March 6, 1986)

Two Texts: "The Only Way To Peace," by Meir Vilner, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Israel and "We Are Optimists," by Yasser Arafat, Chairman, Executive Committee of the PLO, [World Marxist Review] (September 1987)