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SA Minister of Sports to boycott Israel tennis match
PRESS STATEMENT: SA Minister of Sports to boycott Israel tennis match 25 January 2018 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization, BDS South Africa, welcomes the decision by South Africa’s Minister of Sports and Recreation, Honourable Thulas Nxesi, to boycott the upcoming Davis Cup Israel tennis match. The decision comes following an appeal by South African…
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Israeli government blacklists South African NGO
PRESS STATEMENT: Israeli government blacklists South African NGO 10 January 2018 The South African human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation, BDS South Africa, a registered NGO and Public Benifet Organization (PBO), is among 20 international groups that have been added to a “blacklist” by the Israeli government’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs, headed by Gilad Erdan. (Click here) According…
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South Africa to “immediately and unconditionally” downgrade Embassy in Israel – ANC
PRESS STATEMENT: South Africa to “immediately and unconditionally” downgrade Embassy in Israel – ANC 20 December 2017 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa joins fellow South Africans in welcoming the decision by South Africa’s governing party, the ANC, to immediately and unconditionally downgrade SA’s embassy in Israel to a liaison office. The…
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Fewer symbolic gestures and more action is needed for Palestine
For the past 50 years, Israel’s occupation of Palestine and control of Palestinian lives in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem has, terrifyingly, become an accepted part of our international political landscape. So too, has the humiliating permit regime that controls every aspect of Palestinian life from cradle to grave; detention without trial; torture;…
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Op-Ed: OR Tambo stood in solidarity with the Palestinian people
Former president of the ANC, OR Tambo, was born on 27 October 100 years ago. In paying tribute to his leadership on behalf of Palestinians, Ambassador to South Africa HASHEM DAJANI, from the Embassy of the State of Palestine, calls for South Africa to downgrade its representation in Israel. It is with great humility and honour…
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Hamas Supports Downgrading of South Africa’s Embassy in Israel
Hamas issued the following press release: The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas – expresses its best wishes to the African National Congress as it prepares for its 54th National Conference. We understand that this conference, like all conferences of the party, is critically important for the ANC, and for South Africa. For Palestinians, this conference…
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Morocco and Israel pose dilemma for ANC
The decisions taken on international relations at this week’s ANC conference are important for the country, for as long as the ANC remains the ruling party, its foreign policy is supposed to be informed by the decisions taken by its branches at its national elective conference.If the ANC wins the 2019 elections, the decisions taken…
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ANC conference, Foreign Relations Dept: Issues of Israel and Morocco to heat up the debate
With a downgrade in relations with Israel on the cards, and questions about the exact status of relations between South Africa and Morocco, ANC branch activists fear their more radical voices on foreign policy could be drowned out by “chequebook diplomacy” and a raft of government deployees at the party’s upcoming conference at the Nasrec…
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South African churches call for mass prayer in protest at Israeli violations
This weekend has been declared a “Weekend of Prayer” by several South African Churches in protest at Israel’s human rights violations. One of church leaders behind the initiative is Reverend Ntuthuko Nkosi. “The Weekend Prayer will also keep in mind the delegates who will be attending next week’s African National Congress [ANC] conference,” explained…
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Downgrade of SA Embassy in Israel a step in the right direction
Palestinians participate in a protest against U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, near Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City. File picture: Muammar Awad/Xinhua As a Christian I am angry. I am angry that Donald Trump, Israel and its lobby use my religion to conflate, confuse and complicate the issue of Israel and Palestine. This…
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Religious leaders march on parliament over Trump’s Jerusalem move
Religious leaders from different faiths have called on Capetonians to march against US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city. On Wednesday‚ the Christian‚ Muslim‚ Jewish and civil society leaders will lead a march to Parliament to call for the downgrading of South Africa’s embassy in Israel. inRead invented by Teads Trump…
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Senior ANC member Cde Ebrahim Ebrahim on why he backs the immediate and unconditional downgrade of SA Embassy in Israel
PRESS STATEMENT: Senior ANC member Cde. Ebrahim Ebrahim on why he back the immediate and unconditional downgrade of SA Embassy in Israel 17 December 2017 The most senior member of the ANC International Relations Sub-Committee, Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Counsellor to the President and former South African Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Comrade Ebrahim Ebrahim, says…
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South Africa’s largest university backs boycott of Israel
PRESS STATEMENT: South Africa’s largest university backs boycott of Israel 13 December 2017 In another major win, South Africa’s largest residency university, Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), with over 60 000 students, has come out in support of the academic boycott of Israel. Principal of TUT, Professor Lourens Van Staden, in a public statement explained…
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INVITE: Interfaith press conference on Donald Trump and upcoming Palestine protest march
11 December 2017 Members of the media are invited to an interfaith press conference tomorrow (Tuesday 12 December 2017) at 6 Spin Street in Cape Town starting at 14h00. Representatives from various faiths will outline their position on the recent announcement by the Trump administration regarding Israel. Last week Trump, in defiance of the international community, undermined…
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ANC poll finds 75% support for downgrade of SA Embassy in Israel
11 December 2017 A poll carried out by South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress (ANC), has found overwhelming (75%) support for the shut down of the SA Embassy in Israel. The ANC online poll comes ahead of the ANC’s conference later this week where branches are to ratify a recommendation from…