Category: Post
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Israel-Africa Summit called-off following boycott threats
11 September 2017 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization, BDS South Africa, welcomes the calling-off of the Africa-Israel Summit which was meant to take place in Togo next month. The decision comes following several boycott threats. (Click here) This is welcome as good news by human rights organisations and the global BDS movement which has called…
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Women form the backbone of struggle for liberation
This article was originally published in The Daily Maverick on the 30th of August 2017 As we end Women’s month, the struggle continues, and internationally so! Our struggle for a democratic, non-racist, non-sexist, prosperous, and free society has been one that required leaders of great resilience, and fortitude. At the forefront of our struggle has been…
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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 Jews welcome Parliament’s rejection of Israeli invite
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 Africans in saying: “no normal relations with an abnormal…
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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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Mandela’s speech from today’s Palestine protest (full text)
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 Mosque and recent restriction on movement and religion as…
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Rallies in South Africa against Israeli violence at Aqsa Mosque in Palestine
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 on movement and religion as well as the Israeli…
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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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Israel kills 3 Palestinian youth [and update on Jerusalem/Aqsa protests]
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 and strength to the families of the deceased. Palestinians had to…
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PALESTINIAN YOUTH ACTIVISTS ON TOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA [JANNA JIHAD & AHED TAMIMI]
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. We welcome Jihad and Tamimi…
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Global Church body with 80 million members takes action supporting Palestine, calls for examination of investments
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 action in support of the Palestinian people (click here). The…
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Leadership of African Independent Churches lends support to Palestinians & BDS boycott of Israel
Leadership of African Independent Churches lends support to BDS boycott of Israel and Palestinian struggle 11 July 2017 Click here for a statement by Bishop Dr. Thami Ngcana of the Council of African Independent Churches (CAIC). The leadership of CAIC among other South African churches and Christian leaders, including Bishop Ngcana, recently returned from a solidarity trip…
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Fateh and Hamas write to South Africa’s ruling party the ANC
Palestinian political parties Fateh and Hamas write to South Africa’s ruling party the ANC ahead of its policy conference 01 July 2017 Palestinian political parties including Fateh and Hamas have written to South Africa’s governing party, the ANC, ahead of its policy conference that started on Friday 30 June and ends on Wednesday 05 July. Both have called on the ANC…