Category: Press
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Christian delegation from Palestine, on tour in South Africa
23 July 2017 A delegation of Palestinian Christians from the Holy Town of Bethlehem are currently on tour in South Africa. The group, hosted by the SA Council of Churches among other organizations, includes Dr Rifat Kasis of the Lutheran Church, Father Khader Jamal of the Catholic Church and Ms. Mona Nasser, a youth activist, from the Greek Orthodox Church.…
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PRESS ALERT: World’s youngest journalist (12 years) on South African Tour
11 July 2018 12-year-old Janna Jihad from Palestine, one of the youngest officially registered journalists in the world, is currently on tour in South Africa. Jihad, who started her journalism at the age of 7, following the Israeli killing of her two family members, is in the country to participate in the Nelson Mandela…
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As it was with Sharpeville, So it is in Gaza strip today Afro Voice
On March 21, 1960, what today in South Africa is known as Human Rights Day, the Apartheid police massacred 69 people injuring over 180 in a peaceful protest against Apartheid pass laws (which required black South Africans to carry passbooks with them any time they traveled out of their designated home areas), including women, children…
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Successful protest at Davis Cup Israel tennis match
02 February 2018 Over 200 members of various organizations, trade unions, human rights groups and faith based bodies, including the SA Jews for a Free Palestine, staged a militant but disciplined and successful protest at today’s Davis Cup tennis match in South Africa. Vuvuzelas, whistles and loud singing of well known anti-apartheid struggle songs could…
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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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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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PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS CALL ON THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES TO “INTENSIFY” BDS BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
In an impassioned letter, Palestinian Christians have called on the World Council of Churches (WCC) to take concrete measures against Israel until it abides by international law. Their letter, which has been published online, reads: “Things are beyond urgent. We are on the verge of a catastrophic collapse. As a Palestinian Christian community, this could…
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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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SALUTE, LOVE AND RESPECT FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO PALESTINIAN STUDENTS WHO BOYCOTTED ISRAEL AT ICC
South African students have applauded their Palestinian counterparts who boycotted Israel at the recent International Criminal Moot Court Competition held at the Hague in the Netherlands. The Palestinian team (from Birzeit University near Ramallah), who won the award for “Best Written Memorial for the Defense”, successfully made it to the quarter-final of the international competition.…
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South African Filmmaker withdraws from Israeli Film Festival
28 May 2017 Respecting the Palestinian BDS boycott of Israel, award-winning South African film director, John Trengove, has withdrawn from the upcoming Israeli LGBT Tel Aviv film festival and requested that his feature film, The Wound, not be screened at the festival’s opening night gala. Trengove’s controversial feature, The Wound (Inxeba) which is…
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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…