Israeli Communists Oddly Silent About Venezuela Collapse

“We need their informed take on why what’s happening in Venezuela is actually a positive thing.”

Jerusalem, June 1 – Members of Maki, Israel’s Communist Party, have offered little to no comment on the current crisis in Communist Venezuela, where disastrous economic fallout has resulted from decades of ideology-driven government control of the economy that ignored or denied economic realities, Knesset sources are reporting.

Officials in Hadash, the party in the Knesset in which Maki forms a part and holds ideological sway, have remained silent on what might account for the Venezuelan crisis that has erupted in widespread rioting across the South American country, despite frequent news reports and social media content detailing the manifold ways in which Communist rule has driven the economic sector into the ground. Few, if any, Maki or Hadash representatives have weighed in on the situation, and have not initiated or participated in public discussion of how their sociopolitical ideology might spell similar catastrophe for Israel if the country were to adopt the group’s platform, despite the tremendous public interest in their positions.

“I would love to hear these leaders elaborate on their intentions, because they play such an important role in this country’s politics,” said political commentator Dan Margalit of Hadash, which has never been part of a governing coalition, and whose relationship with other Opposition parties has been tense at best. “It’s crucial for the public to learn from these leaders – who are obviously experts on history and economics whose wisdom dwarfs the rest of us – why the Venezuelan paradigm does not bode ill for the country should their political philosophy take hold.”

Others expressed similar confusion at Israeli Communists’ silence. “We need their informed take on why what’s happening in Venezuela is actually a positive thing,” argued Tel Aviv University economics professor Lenny Niszt. “We need to be educated as to how collapsed oil prices that precipitated a wholesale tanking of the Venezuelan economy – with its expensive socialist agenda suddenly unsustainable, bringing widespread unemployment and further exacerbating the situation – will result in a net positive for workers.”

“But it goes beyond that,” continued Niszt. “We need the wisdom of Hadash and Maki to enlighten us why every single Communist state to date has been characterized by a greater degree of incompetence, deprivation, corruption, and repression than their capitalist counterparts. Understanding the collapse of the Venezuelan economy through the eyes of these experts is critical if we are to implement the successful Communist revolution that Venezuela represents, with its infallible leaders Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro.”