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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…
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South African Christians denied entry to Palestine & the Holy Land by Israeli regime
29 June 2017 An alarming number of South African Christians en-route to Palestine and the Holy Land are increasingly being denied entry by the State of Israel. In particular, South African Christian volunteers, part of the World Council of Churches EAPPI program, are being denied entrance by Israel into Palestine. Last week Siphesihle Dlungwane was the…
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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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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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Mourning the loss of 26 year old Sibulele Mgudlwa – student leader & friend of Palestine
The human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa joins the South African student movement and the Wits University community in mourning the loss of former Wits University SRC Student Government President Sibulele Mgudlwa. We share our deepest condolences with his family, friends and comrades. President Sibulele, a graduate in Bcom Accounting Sciences, was a…
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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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DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA CYRIL RAMAPHOSA GOES ON HUNGER STRIKE WITH PALESTINIAN PRISONERS
Deputy President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has thrown his weight behind #PalestinianPoliticalPrisoners Israeli jails who are on a hunger strike (for 28 days now) in protest against Israel’s practice of detention without trial among other human rights violations (click here). SA’s Deputy President together with several Government Ministers have joined a 24 hour fast…
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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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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