 As an industrial port city , Haifa has traditionally been a Labor party stronghold . The strong presence of dock workers and trade unions earned it the nickname ' Red Haifa . ' In addition , many prominent Arabs in the Israeli Communist Party , among them <unk> <unk> , Emile <unk> , <unk> <unk> , <unk> Farah and Emile <unk> , were from Haifa . 
