Category: Post
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PRESS STATEMENT: Thuli Madonsela shocks human rights activists by speaking at Israel event
PRESS STATEMENT: Thuli Madonsela shocks human rights activists by speaking at Israel event 26 September 2016 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization, BDS South Africa, is shocked that South Africa’s Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, participated in a fundraising event on the 21st of September 2016 with the Israel United Appeal-United Communal Fund (IUA-UCF).http://tinyurl.com/zazmsjo The…
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Ronnie Kasrils; Letter of Support to the (OGP)
My name is Ronnie Kasrils. I am a former Minister in the South African Government having served under both President Nelson Mandela and President Thabo Mbeki in the period 1994-2008. I was active in South Africa’s liberation struggle from 1960 and as a political exile supported the BDS campaign successfully waged by the international community…
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The Alternative Information Center (AIC) ON THE PALESTINIAN/ISRAELI CONFLICT & MIDDLE EAST POLITICS
Letter of Complaint The Alternative Information Center (AIC) is writing to express concern that the state of Israel is seemingly acting in a manner that undermines the values of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and to request that an inquiry be initiated in this matter. The AIC is concerned that Israel is violating its commitment…
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Attention: OGP Steering Committee and Support Unit
Attention: OGP Steering Committee and Support Unit We are writing to you as PASSOP (People Against Suffering Oppression and Poverty). We are a civil society non-governmental and non-profit organisation based in South Africa that has been involved with the OGP at both a national and international level. The Israeli-Palestine issue is an important issue that…
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DA’s Mashaba appoints pro-Israel, pro-AfriForum & pro-monopoly capitalist for Joburg MMC
To All Media Democratic Alliance’s Herman Mashaba appoints pro-Israel, pro-AfriForum & pro-monopoly capitalist as MMC for Finance in City of Joburg Tuesday 30 August 2016 The ANC in Greater Johannesburg is concerned and disturbed by Herman Mashaba’s choice of MMCs (Members of the Mayoral Committee) for the City of Johannesburg. The newly elected DA mayor…
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SA JEWS FOR PALESTINE (SAJFP) HOST VISITING DELEGATION IN JOHANNESBURG AND CAPE TOWN
Our friends from the SA Jews for Palestine (SAJFP) are hosting a visiting delegation of Palestinian activists from various organizations including Adalah, Zochrot, ADRID and Badil. Here are some of the upcoming events: GROUP OF SOUTH AFRICAN JEWS APOLOGIZE TO DISPLACED PALESTINIANS In 1948 Israeli forces depopulated and ethnically cleansed several Palestinian villages to…
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Letter of well wishes to Archbishop Tutu from award-winning Palestinian film director
ABOVE IMAGE: Archbishop Tutu with President Carter and other Elders at the gravesite of Bassem Abu Rahme, a Palestinian youth killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank village of Bil’in. Below is a letter of well wishes to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu from Emad Burnat, the Palestinian director of the award-winning and Oscar-nominated film,…
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JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: Global call grows for Israel to release Palestinian Hunger Striker Bilal Kayed
24 August 2016 The Ex-Political Prisoners’ Association of South Africa (EPPA) and the human rights and Palestine solidarity organization BDS South Africa joins the international community in demanding that Israel releases the Palestinian hunger striker Bilal Kayed and all Palestinian political prisoners.Kayed was arrested in December 2001 and sentenced to 14 years and six months’…
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NC4P MEDIA RELEASE: #BoycottWoolworths campaign ends on 2nd anniversary following various achievements
— 19 AUGUST 2016 — NC4P MEDIA RELEASE #BoycottWoolworths campaign ends on 2nd anniversary following various achievements This morning activists and organisers have announced an end to the two year long #BoycottWoolworths campaign. The #BoycottWoolworths campaign was launched in August 2014 by the National Coalition 4 Palestine (NC4P), which includes, among others, the Palestine Solidarity…
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PRESS STATEMENT BDS SA backs call on FIFA to give Israeli settlement teams the red card
The Palestine solidarity and human rights organisation BDS South Africa has joined the international campaign calling on FIFA to “red card” Israeli settlement teams. The call has been backed by over 150 000 signatories on an online Avaaz petition with various organisations now being approached to endorse the call (click here). Israel has set up…
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THE NATION MAGAZINE: ITS TIME TO KICK ISRAEL OUT OF SOCCER
Sean Jacobs, editor of Africa is a Country and co-editor of “Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy” together with Aubrey Bloomfield of the New School in New York City have written that: “This may be the year in which sport, especially soccer, emerges as the next frontier in the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions…
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PRESS RELEASES; FIFA: Give Israeli Settlements the Red Card
Israel set up six soccer clubs on stolen Palestinian land. The illegal outposts are an obstacle to peace and are condemned by everyone from the European Union to the USA. Palestinians aren’t allowed into the stadiums, let alone allowed to play football there! Now, FIFA is investigating whether these teams should be allowed to participate…
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PRESS RELEASES: BLACK LIVES MATTER (BLM) DECLARES WAR ON ‘ISRAELI APARTHEID’ AND BACKS BDS BOYCOTT
#BlackLivesMatter has declared war on what it terms Israeli “Apartheid”. The movement has prodcued a detailed policy platform with six focus areas, one of which includes full support for the international BDS boycott of Israel. #BlackLivesMatter (BLM) is the activist movement originating in the African-American community campaigning against USA police brutality, state violence and systemic inequality and…
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PRESS RELEASES; SIGN & SHARE: PETITION CALLING ON FIFA TO GIVE ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS THE RED CARD
Israel has set up six soccer clubs in illegal Israeli settlements on illegally occupied Palestinian land. FIFA laws prohibit using another country’s land without consent, and South African FIFA official, Tokyo Sexwale, is part of a FIFA investigation as to whether these teams should be allowed to participate in international football. The illegal Israeli settlements are not…
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PRESS RELEASES: Ibiza municipality endorses BDS against Israel
The council agreement essentially declares the area of Santa Eulalia a “Space Free of Israeli Apartheid” and calls on the municipal government to execute the boycott agreement. A municipality in the renowned Spanish island of Ibiza has passed a resolution endorsing the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, TheJerusalem Post has learned. According to ACOM, an Israeli…