Category: Post
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Sanders’ Challenge to Clinton and Democrats: Palestinian Lives Matter
The party currently supports a two-state solution because it serves Israel’s interests, but not because Palestinians have the right to live as free citizens of their own country. When it comes to Israel, Bernie Sanders is already changing the Democratic Party. In 2012, Barack Obama’s campaign chose the committee that drafted the party’s platform. On…
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Defend right to boycott Israel, urge European NGOs, political parties
May 18, 2016 at 5:46 pm | Published in: EU, Europe & Russia, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, UK More than 300 human rights and aid organisations, church groups, trade unions and political parties from across the continent are urging the European Union (EU) to defend the right of individuals and institutions to take…
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PRESS STATEMENT: Activists request meeting with Die Antwoord music band over Israel boycott
15 May 2016 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa has written a 1000-word letter to rappers Ninja, Yolandi Visser (Vi$$er) and DJ Hi-Tek of the South African rap-rave group Die Antwoord. BDS South Africa is urging Die Antwoord to respect the international boycott against Israel. Die Antwoord is due to perform…
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PRESS STATEMENT: South African church activist en route to Palestine deported by Israel
13 May 2016 | http://tinyurl.com/hvouwgd South African church activist, Itani Rasalanavho, was detained and then deported by Israeli authorities last week en route to the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Last Thursday (5 May) Itani Rasalanavho was travelling to Palestine to join the Christian Peacemakers Team (CPT), an organisation conducting human rights work in various countries including…
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From Israeli citizens to Die Antwoord – Please don’t play apartheid Israel
May 2016 To Ninja (Watkin Tudor Jones), Yolandi Visser and DJ Hi-Tek, We are citizens of Israel, active against our government’s military occupation and apartheid policies against the Palestinian people. After many years of trying to change our society from within, we have come to the conclusion that only an international campaign, such as the one…
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Dear Ninja (Watkin Tudor Jones), Yolandi Visser and DJ Hi-Tek and other members of Die Antwoord,
6 May 2016 Dear Ninja (Watkin Tudor Jones), Yolandi Visser and DJ Hi-Tek and other members of Die Antwoord, “The temptation in our situation is to speak in muffled tones about an issue such as the right of the people of Palestine…we can fall into the trap of washing our hands of difficulties that others…
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Message at the opening of “Sands of Palestine” (Durban, 13-24 April)
Friday 15th April 2016 Zuleikha Mayat Tonight I have the pleasure of seeing another play by Yusuf Haffejee, directed by Vivian Moodley. Haffejee’s maiden, part of the 150 year commemoration, “Bitter Sweet” depicted the struggles of Indentured Indians in South Africa, was nominated for the Mercury Theatre Award. Sands of Palestine has now ventured into…
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MESSAGE BY PALESTINIAN BDS LEADER OMAR BARGHOUTI ON ISRAEL’S RECENT THREATS OF “CIVIL ASSASSINATIONS” OF BDS ACTIVISTS
Some, including journalists, have written to me inquiring about or voicing their concern at the recent Israeli government minister’s threat of “civil targeted killing” against BDS “leaders” and activists. There is of course a good reason to be seriously alarmed when government ministers anywhere make such threats against human rights defenders. So imagine the seriousness…
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South African Runner wins annual Palestine Marathon in Bethlehem
PRESS STATEMENT: South African Runner wins annual Palestine Marathon in Bethlehem 04 April 2016 BDS South Africa joins other NGOs and South Africans in congratulating South African runner Mervin Steenkamp for winning this year’s Palestine Marathon. The run, held annually since 2012, takes place in the Holy Town of Bethlehem in Palestine with over 4000…
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VIDEO: TREVOR MANUEL ON PALESTINE, PALESTINIAN PRISONERS & ISRAELI APARTHEID
[video-item url=”https://youtu.be/EXxDGJe4L5U” width=”960″ height=”720″][/video-item] 27 October 2013, Cape Town Launch of Freedom of Marwan Barghouti and All Palestinian Prisoners We were fuelled through the darkest days by slogans such as “an Injury to One is an Injury to all”. And so from the same basis we must say that the detention of those of our…
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South African Jews to protest upcoming trip of Former Israeli Prime Minster Shimon Peres
MEDIA STATEMENT South African Jews to protest upcoming trip of Former Israeli Prime Minster Shimon Peres (19 February 2016) The organization, South African Jews for a Free Palestine*, opposes the upcoming visit to South Africa of former Israeli Prime Minsiter Shimon Peres on the 28th of February 2016. Feted as ‘a man of peace’, advocating…
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JOIN: 12TH INTERNATIONAL ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK
The 12th annual international #IsraeliApartheidWeek (IAW) campaign takes place in South Africa between the 7th and 13th of March 2016 (during various weeks between February and March in other countries). IAW is an annual international series of self-organized events (including rallies, lectures, cultural performances, music shows, films and workshops) that raise awareness of Israel’s apartheid policies, violations…
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SOUTH AFRICAN SPEAKING TOUR OF PROFESSOR URI DAVIS, PLO MEMBER OF JEWISH ORIGIN [7 – 13 MARCH 2016]
Dr Uri Davis, of Jewish origin, grew up in the Israeli town of Kfar Shmariyahu and is today an Associate Professor at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, Palestine. Davis is an anthropologist who holds a PhD in Philosophical Anthropology, an MA in Philosophy and a BA in Arabic. In addition Dr Davis is an honorary research fellow at…
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#BOYCOTTWOOLWORTHS PHARRELL Williams’ collaboration
Click here to see Facebook album 21 September at Grandwest Casino, protest against Woolworths for trading with Israel and Pharrell for coverin it up!
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ISRAEL: A Palestinian Christian Perspective
August 20, 2015 · · Taken at Braamfontein Centre Click here to see Facebook album ISRAEL: A Palestinian Christian Perspective A group of visiting Palestinians share their Christian perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, the question of Israeli “apartheid” and whether they back the boycott of Israel Speakers: Ms. Hind Khoury (Bethlehem) Secretary General of…