In an impassioned letter, Palestinian Christians have called on the World Council of Churches (WCC) to take concrete measures against Israel until it abides by international law. Their letter, which has been published online, reads: “Things are beyond urgent. We are on the verge of a catastrop
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28 May 2017 Respecting the Palestinian BDS boycott of Israel, award-winning South African film director, John Trengove, has withdrawn from the upcoming Israeli LGBT Tel Aviv film festival and requested that his feature film, The Wound, not be screened at the festival’s
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The human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa joins the South African student movement and the Wits University community in mourning the loss of former Wits University SRC Student Government President Sibulele Mgudlwa. We share our deepest condolences with his family, frie
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More than one hundred sports associations, trade unions, human rights organizations and faith based groups (representing millions of people from over 25 countries across the globe) together with football champions, scholars, students, film directors, politicians and government officials have written
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Deputy President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has thrown his weight behind #PalestinianPoliticalPrisoners Israeli jails who are on a hunger strike (for 28 days now) in protest against Israel’s practice of detention without trial among other human rights violations (click here). SA’s
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South African students have applauded their Palestinian counterparts who boycotted Israel at the recent International Criminal Moot Court Competition held at the Hague in the Netherlands. The Palestinian team (from Birzeit University near Ramallah), who won the award for “Best Written Memorial for
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Click here for the letter from FATEH, the Palestinian political party, to the ANC’s 2012 Mangaung Conference
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PRESS STATEMENT: South African Government Ministers, media personalities and activists commit to 24 hour fast in solidarity with Palestinians 11 May 2017 South African government ministers are lending their support to the over 1500 #PalestinianPoliticalPrisoners currently on hunger strike (sinc
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