Category: SPORTS BOYCOTT
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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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SA Minister of Sports to boycott Israel tennis match
25 January 2018 | https://goo.gl/pbaucW 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 civil society organizations who appealed to the Minister,…
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South African activists call for Tokyo Sexwale to resign from FIFA
Ahead of tomorrow’s FIFA Council meeting taking place in India, South African activists belonging to various civil society and faith based organizations have issued a call demanding that Tokyo Sexwale resigns from FIFA. Sexwale is the head of FIFA’s Israel Palestine Monitoring Committee. In their call, the activists state: “FIFA has delayed in taking action against the Israel…
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LATEST UPDATE ON THE FIFA RED CARD ISRAEL CAMPAIGN
More than one hundred sports associations, trade unions, human rights organizations and faith based groups (representing millions of people from over 25 countries across the globe) together with football champions, scholars, students, film directors, politicians and government officials have written an open letter calling on FIFA to implement its own rules and give Israel the…
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BDS Palestine activists meet with South African Football Association (SAFA)
09 May 2017 Ahead of the upcoming FIFA congress human rights, BDS and Palestine solidarity activists have held several meetings with national football associations around the world. Activists across the globe, including in Belgium, Japan, Malaysia, Italy, Germany and France among others, have been meeting and engaging with their respective football associations ahead of the crucial meeting…
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LATEST UPDATE ON THE FIFA RED CARD ISRAEL CAMPAIGN
More than one hundred sports associations, trade unions, human rights organizations and faith based groups (representing millions of people from over 25 countries across the globe) together with football champions, scholars, students, film directors, politicians and government officials have written an open letter calling on FIFA to implement its own rules and give Israel the…
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SA Sports Minister welcome event for Palestinian marathon runners
07 April 2017 Join us on Monday 10 April in Johannesburg with SA Minister of Sports & Recreation, Thulas Nxesi (ANC NEC and SACP CC Member) to welcome a group of visiting Palestinian marathon runners and sports delegates. They are in South Africa to attend the upcoming Two Oceans Marathon. The Palestinian marathon runners, brought to South Africa in…
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“Free Palestine” Boxing Tournament (Soweto, Saturday 19 November)
18 November 2016 The Joburg Boxing Club, Gauteng Department of Sports, Arts, Culture & Recreation (DSACR), Embassy of the State of Palestine, Ahmed Kathrada Foundation and BDS South Africa together with several local South African boxing clubs are hosting an Amateur Boxing Tournament under the theme “Free Palestine”. The “Free Palestine” boxing tournament takes place…
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ANC WC demand Israel releases South African Olympian Leigh-Ann Naidoo
The ANC Western Cape calls upon the Government of Israel to release the thirteen women who were detained illegally on international waters by the Israeli navy. The thirteen, including one of our citizens, Lee-Ann Naidoo, have been detained unlawfully and must be immediately released. We call on DIRCO to respond speedily to ensure that our…
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UNITED NATIONS LETTER TO FIFA OVER ISRAELI SOCCER CLUBS
A senior United Nations official, Wilfried Lemke (the UN special adviser on sport for development and peace) has written to FIFA to reiterate that the UN regards Israeli settlements – and by extension Israeli football teams that play in them – to be “without validity” and “illegal under international law”. Israel has six soccer clubs in illegal…
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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: 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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Lebanese Delegation Refuses to Share Bus With Israeli Athletes at Rio Olympics
The Lebanese team barred the Israeli athletes from boarding the shuttle. An Israeli coach expresses ‘shock’ over the ‘diplomatic incident.’ The Lebanese delegation to the Rio Olympics barred Israeli athletes from boarding a bus the two teams were meant to take to the opening ceremony on Friday, an Israeli coach says. According to sailing coach…