In fact, they have been replaced by foreign workers from the Philippines, South America, Turkey, Romania, Thailand, etc. Not a single one of the Jewish working class organizations, either political or trade-unionist, have condemned the massacres. The only solution to this horrid situation is the establishment of a democratic secular republic in the whole territory of historic Palestine and the granting of the right of return to the Palestinian refugees. Unfortunately, no major party supports this elemental democratic demand. As for an orthodox Marxist party, that is an unheard-of luxury here.
Most activists believe that the worst is yet to come.
There is also the possibility of a large number of suicide bombings in buses carried out by desperate Palestinians. During the last few days I took part in many manifestations and have been repeatedly insulted and physically threatened by Jewish fascists. Some of my friends have been sent to jail and one of them had his hand and two ribs broken by the police. When the demonstration ended, we dispersed. Then, after midnight, an armed soldier began shooting into restaurants in Yaffo Street, in downtown Haifa.