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S. African University’s student council unanimously adopts boycott of Israel
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Letter from Palestinian Christians to KZN Premier in 2012 re a similar Israeli trip that was intended for KZN mayors (please note the 2012 trip was canceled by the then Premier Cde.
[August 03, 2012] Dear Premier Zweli Mkhize: Greetings from the Holy Land, cradle of three monotheistic religions, significant primarily for its spirituality. We, Christians from Kairos Palestine (based in the holy city of Bethlehem) have been informed about a trip to Israel planned by the SA-Israel Forum for a delegation of mayors and municipal members…
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Input on the Role of Progressive Lawyers in the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign by ANC Youth League (ANCYL) Provincial Chairperson Muhammad Khalid Sayed at National Association of Democratic Lawyers (NADEL) Western Cape AGM and Annual Dialogue Seminar, 1 July 2015
Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I greet you on behalf of the leadership of the ANCYL in the Western Cape. It is indeed an honour for the Youth League to engage and build relations with progressive lawyers such as yourselves. In my input tonight, being a young person, I would like to move beyond words…
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Pharrell Williams #BoycottWoolworths spoof video
[video-item url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwpkQdbDReo” width=”765″ height=”576″][/video-item] A Pharrell Williams BDS #BoycottWoolworths spoof video was on 27 June 2015 and went viral almost immediately on social media hitting the number one trend spot on Twitter. The Pharrell Williams spoof video is based on Woolworths’ own #PharrellWithWoolies April 2015 video (in which the US artist had announced his collaboration with Woolworths). It…
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Letter to Pharrell Williams on #BoycottWoolworths (17 June 2015)
“Happiness may have different meanings for different people. But we can all agree that it means working to end conflict, poverty and other unfortunate conditions in which so many of our fellow human beings live. The pursuit of happiness lies at the core of human endeavours.” Ban Ki Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations…
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Israeli settlers attack historic Church where Jesus broke bread
BDS PRESS STATEMENT: Israeli settlers attack historic Church where Jesus broke bread 19 June 2015 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa condemns yesterday’s attack by 16 Jewish Israeli settlers on the Church of Multiplication of Loaves and Fish. Any attack on a religious site is unacceptable but this Israeli attack on a historic site of…
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The Age of BDS begins
[heading size=”1″ color=”#fff000″]How the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement is changing organized American Jewish life.[/heading] By Peter Beinart Haaretz Newspaper — 03.06. 2015 The news that Sheldon Adelson will this weekend host a secret conference for Jewish groups aimed at countering the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement is yet more evidence that “pro-Israel” activism in the United States…
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What time is Iftar (Breaking Fast)? When can we go back to Woolies?
[heading size=”1″ color=”#fff000″]Muslims Views speaks to Professor Farid Esack on the motives and current state of the Woolworths Boycoot[/heading] What process did you folks go through to arrive at the decision to Boycott Woolworths? That decision was the outcome of two process;First inside BDS (SA) there was a consumer boycott study group that discussed various…
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RED SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL – ISRAELI BOYCOTT
SUBJECT: RED SEA JAZZ FESTIVAL – ISRAELI BOYCOTT 15 June 2015 Dear Mr Vieux Farka Touré We refer to your planned performance at the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat in Israel in August 2015 the details of which our comrades in the United States have informed us of. As BDS South Africa we are…
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Desmond Tutu tells G4S to stop supplying to Israel prisons
Retired archbishop and directors Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, philosopher Noam Chomsky and barrister Michael Mansfield QC, Desmond Tutu will lead protesters on Thursday campaigning against British security firm G4S’s role in maintaining prisons and detention centers in the West Bank and Israel. The South African retired archbishop and Nobel peace laureate will challenge G4S’s management…
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On Nakba Day over 10 000 South African School Learners March Against Woolworths over Israel Trade
More than 10 000 South African school learners’ protested earlier today against Woolworths Stores over its Israeli trade. The #BoycottWoolworths protest was led by the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) in the Free State. COSAS represents school children in all 9 SA provinces and is arguably the largest school learner organization in the country. Click…
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20 businesses across South Africa join G4S boycott
Over 20 South African businesses have terminated their contracts with G4S Security over its involvement in Israeli prisons and human rights abuses. The SA businesses terminated their contracts, totalling more than R7 million ($500,000) per year, after approached by representatives of the human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa as well as the…
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Israel should be ostracised for its brutality
Even after decades of occupation, the brutality and savagery of the Israeli state can still startle. A report by the Israeli group Breaking the Silence has collected the testimony of Israeli soldiers on the crimes they committed during last year’s war on Gaza. It was published on Monday. This particular admission bears repeating: an old…