Messages of support have flowed in for the position taken by the Parliament of South Africa in rejecting a visiting Israeli delegation. Fateh, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and sister-party to South Africa’s governing ANC, has written to the SA Parliament saying: R
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SAJFP MEDIA STATEMENT South African Jews welcome Parliament’s rejection of Israeli invite (10 August 2017) We, as Jewish South Africans, warmly welcome the decision by the Parliament of South Africa to shun a visiting Israeli delegation to the country. We join the chorus of South Africa
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SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENT SHUNS ISRAELI DELEGATION 07 August 2017 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization BDS South Africa welcomes the South African Parliament’s shunning of a visiting Israeli delegation (click here). The decision has been supported by the ANC parliamentary caucus t
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SOUTH AFRICAN PARLIAMENT STANDS BY THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE – STATEMENT BY MANDLA MANDELA (MP) – Israeli delegation invite rejected We applaud Parliament’s decision to reject the invitation for the Israeli parliamentary delegation to visit. In so doing parliament has stayed true to M
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Below find the speech by Chief Zwelivelile Mandla Mandela, the grandson of South African icon Nelson Mandela, which he delivered at today’s over 5000 person Palestine solidarity protest in Cape Town. The protest, organized by the MJC and others, was against Israel’s siege on the Al-Aqsa Mosq
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PRESS ALERT Rallies in South Africa against Israeli violence at Aqsa Mosque in Palestine 26 July 2017 Later today and in this week protest actions are being rolled out in Cape Town, Johannesburg and other South African cities against Israel’s siege on the Al-Aqsa Mosque and recent restriction onÂ
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This week as we marked the UN International #MandelaDay on 18 July we were also reminded of Madiba’s unflinching support for the Palestinian struggle against, in his words, Israeli “colonialism“. In 1990 Mandela participated in a town hall meeting in New York City, chaired by Ted Koppe
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PRESS STATEMENT Israel kills 3 Palestinian youth [and update on Jerusalem/Aqsa protests] 22 July 2017 Yesterday Israel killed three Palestinian youth – Muhamd Mahmoud Sahraf (18), Muhamad Mahmoud Khalaf (17) and Muhamad Hasan Abu Ghanam (20). From South Africa, we send our sincere condolences
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Palestinian youth activists Janna Jihad (11) and Ahed Tamimi (16) are in South Africa on a two week speaking tour. They are being hosted by various organisations with events in several cities. Click here for a SABC TV news clip with Jihad and Tamimi at the Hector Pieterson Youth Museum in Soweto.
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Global Church body with 80 million members takes action supporting Palestine, calls for examination of investments 14 July 2017 The General Council of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC), representing over 80 million Christians, has called on its members and member churches to take actio
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