Moshe Levin alias 'Batlan' and 'Elisha', was a Jewish socialist. He was a member of the Jewish Communist Party (Poalei Zion) in Russia

Russia

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, before arriving in Palestine

Palestine

Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....

 in 1919, where he joined the Socialist Workers Party

Socialist Workers Party (Palestine)

Socialist Workers Party was a political party in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1919–1922. Its followers were known as Mopsim....

. Levin contested on the 1920 Histadrut election

1920 Histadrut election

Elections to the first congress of the Zionist trade union centre Histadrut were held in 1920 . In total 4433 of about 7000 Jewish workers in Palestine participated...

 on the list of the party, under the alias 'L. Elisha'. When the party was divided in 1922, he became a leader of the Palestinian Communist Party

Palestinian Communist Party (1922)

The Palestinian Communist Party was a communist party in Palestine 1922-1923. It was born through a split in the Jewish Communist Party . A major difference between the two parties was the attitude towards Zionism...

, along with Menachem 'Oskar' Finkelstein. After the reunification of the party into the Palestine Communist Party

Palestine Communist Party

The Palestine Communist Party was a political party in British Mandate of Palestine formed in 1923 through the merger of the Palestinian Communist Party and the Communist Party of Palestine...

, he voiced opposition towards the 'Arabization' efforts inside the party. In 1928 he was deported to Poland

Poland

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. During the Second World War, he shifted his residence to the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

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