Category: GOVERNMENT SANCTIONS
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Debunking Israeli propaganda visits
This article was originally published in The Star newspaper on the 24 th August 2017 By all accounts the recent trip to South Africa by a delegation of Israeli parliamentarians was an utter failure. The group sought to downplay its regime’s crimes and increasing isolation, but, instead, the main headlines were that they were rejected…
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Messages of support flow in to South African Parliament for shunning Israeli delegation
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: “Fateh commends the parliament of South Africa for sending a clear and strong message…
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South African Parliament shuns Israeli delegation
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 that also resolved to reject the Israeli invite (click here). Various organizations, human…
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SA PARLIAMENT STANDS BY PALESTINIAN PEOPLE – STATEMENT BY MANDLA MANDELA (MP)
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 Madiba’s commitment to stand by the Palestinian cause until Palestine is free. We…
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VIDEO FROM THE ARCHIVES: NELSON MANDELA SPEAKING ON PALESTINE
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 Koppel of ABC Networks. The interview focuses on, among other…
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DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA CYRIL RAMAPHOSA GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE WITH PALESTINIAN PRISONERS
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 Deputy President together with several Government Ministers have joined a 24 hour fast…
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Palestine’s Fateh writes to the 2015 ANC NGC
Click here for the letter from FATEH, the Palestinian political party, to the ANC’s 2015 National General Council
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Fateh letter to the 2012 ANC Mangaung Conference
Click here for the letter from FATEH, the Palestinian political party, to the ANC’s 2012 Mangaung Conference
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SA Government Ministers join hunger strike with Palestinians
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 (since 17 April). The #PalestinianPoliticalPrisoners, who have gone without any food for almost a month now, are demanding an end to Israel’s…
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Celebrating Oliver Tambo: Advancing the Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination
– Ribbon Mosholi – ANC International Relations Manager October is very important for the African National Congress (ANC) in this centennial year as it is the month when we remember and celebrate the birthday of President Oliver Reginald Tambo. He not only was the president who served the ANC the longest in the position; but…
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Celebrating Oliver Tambo: Advancing the Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination
– Ebrahim Ebrahim MP The Parliamentary Advisor to South African President, Jacob Zuma. Former Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation as well as former Chairperson of the ANC’s International Relations Sub Committee. Oliver Reginald Tambo is a name that brings much fondness to us as South Africans and those who struggle for a more…
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South Africa’s opposition party normalizing Apartheid with Israel
12 January 2017 The Palestine solidarity and human rights organisation BDS South Africa condemns the visit by opposition leader Mmusi Maimane of the Democratic Alliance (DA) to Israel. In 2009, in a 300-page report commissioned by the SA Government, the SA Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) found that Israel is practicing forms of apartheid. Human…
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Johannesburg Mayor threatens Palestine agreement
15 November 2016 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization BDS South Africa is disappointed that the newly-elected Democratic Alliance (DA) Mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, is reviewing and plans to limit the previous administration’s human rights and Palestine solidarity efforts at the City of Johannesburg. A newspaper article published over the weekend (Friday 11…
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South African Parliament calls for action against Ambassador to Israel
24 October 2016 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization, BDS South Africa, is encouraged by and welcomes the call by Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on International Relations for action against SA’s Ambassador to Israel, Sisa Ngombane. In a statement released this past Friday (21 October) titled “Alleged Conduct of Ambassadors Should be Acted Upon”, Parliament’s…
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ANC WC demand Israel releases South African Olympian Leigh-Ann Naidoo
The ANC Western Cape calls upon the Government of Israel to release the thirteen women who were detained illegally on international waters by the Israeli navy. The thirteen, including one of our citizens, Lee-Ann Naidoo, have been detained unlawfully and must be immediately released. We call on DIRCO to respond speedily to ensure that our…