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SA Government Ministers join hunger strike with Palestinians
PRESS STATEMENT: South African Government Ministers, media personalities and activists commit to 24 hour fast in solidarity with Palestinians 11 May 2017 South African government ministers are lending their support to the over 1500 #PalestinianPoliticalPrisoners currently on hunger strike (since 17 April). The #PalestinianPoliticalPrisoners, who have gone without any food for almost a month now, are demanding an end to Israel’s…
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VIDEO: ISRAELI SETTLER DISTRIBUTES SWEETS TO “CELEBRATE” MURDER OF 23 YEAR OLD PALESTINIAN YOUTH
On Thursday this week (18 May 2017, an Israeli settler distributed chocolates to “celebrate” the killing of a Palestinian youth, Muataz Shamsa (23). The Israeli settler can be seen, in a video posted online, saying: “We killed a Palestinian vandal today…I am distributing candy to celebrate the killing. I want to congratulate the Israeli people…
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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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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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To oppose Israel is not anti-Semitic
Sheila Barsel, 5 March 2017 I was raised as an Orthodox Jew in Johannesburg. I have deep connections with Palestine / Israel as my father was born in Safed in then Palestina. But this cannot make me blind to the atrocities committed in Israel against a people who are indigenous to that geographical area. I am opposed to Israel’s Apartheid policies…
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To oppose Israel is not anti-Semitic
Sheila Barsel, 5 March 2017 I was raised as an Orthodox Jew in Johannesburg. I have deep connections with Palestine / Israel as my father was born in Safed in then Palestina. But this cannot make me blind to the atrocities committed in Israel against a people who are indigenous to that geographical area. I am opposed to Israel’s Apartheid policies…
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World must stop Israel’s Apartheid behavior
The unfolding story of Jewish nationalism, as expressed by the State of Israel, affects primarily the Palestinian Arab people who have been dispossessed and exiled and, when still in possession of their land, become victims of legal and social discrimination. But the other victim is the Jewish people itself, both in Israel and in…
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What about actually doing something to support Palestine?
Farid Esack 28 Feb 2017 “Whataboutism” is a virus that afflicts most apologists for apartheid Israel when they come into contact with someone who supports Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) as a nonviolent strategy to support the Palestinian struggle for justice. The major symptom is a sudden onset of sympathy for other causes (typically, Syria,…
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An anti-apartheid war in Israel
A week ago Israeli TV host Assaf Harel said: “Ever since the right wing took power more voices are warning of apartheid. Are you kidding? Apartheid has been here for ages. It’s just that we’re on its good side, so it doesn’t really bother us. We’ve been abusing the Palestinians for years, denying them their…
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National Coalition 4 Palestine on the passing of Ahmed Kathrada
28 March 2017 Today, the National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P) mourns, celebrates and give thanks for the life of one of South Africa’s greatest leaders, Ahmed Kathrada. We mourn a staunch friend of the Palestinian struggle and the BDS movement. In 2013 he wrote: “years ago, amidst world-wide acclamation and celebration, apartheid was thrown…
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Afro Latino dance event for human rights & international solidarity
16 March 2017 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization BDS South Africa invites you to a Afro-Latino dance event celebrating human rights and international solidarity. The event, organized to commemorate Human Rights day, is hosted by Baila Afrika dance family with support from BDS SA, Embassy of Cuba, Embassy of Palestine, People Against Suffering and…
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Palestine billboard vandalized, case of malicious damage to property opened with SA police
19 March 2017 Israeli lobbyists have cowardly vandalised an #IsraeliApartheidWeek (IAW) Palestine billboard near Johannesburg’s OR Tambo airport. The billboard was put up earlier this month as part of the recent #IsraeliApartheidWeek campaign. Click here for SABC TV news coverage of the issue. A case of malicious damage to property has been opened at the…
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Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma to deliver #IsraeliApartheidWeek Palestine lecture
Former African Union Chairperson, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, will deliver a Palestine solidarity lecture in Rustenburg on Monday 27 March 2017 at 14h00 as part of this year’s annual #IsraeliApartheidWeek (IAW) campaign. The event, to be held at Ben Marais Hall (Cnr. Middel and Beneden Road, Rustenburg), will be hosted by the ANC in Rustenburg (Bojanala…