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Humanity’s duty to support Palestine (Pretoria News)
Tisetso Magama | 14 March 2017 This article was originally published in the Pretoria News newspaper on Tuesday 14 March As he left office, President Obama had the guts, it would seem, to speak frankly about Israel and Palestine: “I don’t see how this gets resolved in a way that maintains Israel in a way that is…
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Israel to summon S.African Ambassador for reprimand following #IsraeliApartheidWeek campaign
13 March 2017 South Africa’s Ambassador Sisa Ngombane has been “summoned”, according to Israeli media reports, following the recent #IsraeliApartheidWeek campaign in SA (click here). According to the Israeli publication, Jerusalem Online: “The Israeli Foreign Ministry has stated that South Africa’s ambassador to Israel will be summoned for an official reprimand following anti-Israeli remarks made by…
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SA Water Minister & ANC NEC Member on Palestine, Patriarchy & Israel’s “Water Apartheid”
ADDRESS BY NOMVULA MOKONYANE, MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ANC AND MINISTER OF WATER AND SANITATION AT SEMINAR OF THE 13th ISRAELI APARTEHID WEEK HELD AT THE STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. 8 MARCH 2017 | Click here for the original PDF. THEME: “CONFLICT, OCCUPATION AND PATRIARCHY” Co-Programme Directors, Cdes Bradley Frolick and Lulama…
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As a Hindu I am asked – why do you support the Palestinian cause?
As a Hindu I am often asked – why do you support the Palestinian cause and struggle against Israel’s occupation and oppression? This is obviously based on the fallacy that it’s a “Muslim issue” only. Palestinians constitute Muslims, Christians , atheists, etc, therefore this issue can’t be reduced to just a “Muslim issue”. Palestinian human…
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To oppose Israel is not anti-Semitic
To oppose Israel is not anti-Semitic – Sheila Barsel (Sunday Tribune, 05 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…
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Mourning the loss and celebrating the life of the anti-apartheid struggle lawyer, Judge Essa Moosa
27 February 2017 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization, BDS South Africa, joins fellow South Africans in mourning the passing of Judge Essa Moosa. We share our deepest condolences with the family of Judge Moosa. At the same time we also celebrate the life of Essa Moosa by recognising the incredible contribution he made to the South African…
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ANC official Jessie Duarte to speak at #IsraeliApartheidWeek in North West
PRESS ALERT ANC official Jessie Duarte to speak at #IsraeliApartheidWeek event in the North West 25 February 2017 The Deputy Secretary General of South Africa’s governing party, the African National Congress, Cde. Jessie Duarte will speak at this year’s #IsraeliApartheidWeek (IAW). Duarte will give a public lecture on Tuesday 7 March at 17h00 in Klerksdorp…
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Celebrating Oliver Tambo: Advancing the Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination
– Ribbon Mosholi – ANC International Relations Manager October is very important for the African National Congress (ANC) in this centennial year as it is the month when we remember and celebrate the birthday of President Oliver Reginald Tambo. He not only was the president who served the ANC the longest in the position; but…
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Celebrating Oliver Tambo: Advancing the Palestinian Struggle for Self-Determination
– Ebrahim Ebrahim MP The Parliamentary Advisor to South African President, Jacob Zuma. Former Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation as well as former Chairperson of the ANC’s International Relations Sub Committee. Oliver Reginald Tambo is a name that brings much fondness to us as South Africans and those who struggle for a more…
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13th international Israeli Apartheid Week (6-12 March 2017) Bigger, better, bolder – lets do this! –
03 February 2017 Click here for Zulu version. Click here for Afrikaans version. Join us in making this year’s 13th annual international Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) bigger, better and bolder! IAW is an annual international series of self-organized events (rallies, protests, lectures, cultural performances, concerts, films and workshops) held in over 250 cities, communities and campuses…
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Palestine solidarity group BDS SA marks UN Nazi Holocaust Remembrance Day
27 January 2017 Today the Palestine solidarity and human rights organization BDS South Africa joins millions of people around the world in commemorating the UN International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We as BDS South Africa commemorate this day in recognition that the Nazi Holocaust was a human tragedy of unspeakable proportions. We also pay tribute to…
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SA Students launches “Internationalist” Calendar
27 January 2017 The Palestine solidarity and human rights organization BDS South Africa welcomes the launch of of the “Internationalist Calendar” by the Johannesburg Region of the South African Students Congress (SASCO). The calendar, features images of South Africa’s Oliver Tambo, Palestine’s Leila Khaled, Cuba’s Fidel Castro and former President Nelson Mandela. It also carries…
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Statement by the Embassy of the State of Palestine to South Africa
16 January 2017 The Embassy of the State of Palestine to South Africa notes with concern certain inaccurate media reports about the visit of Mr. Mmusi Maimane, leader of DA, to Israel and the occupied State of Palestine and the allegations of his meetings with the leadership of the Palestinian Authority. The Embassy of the…
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South Africa’s opposition party normalizing Apartheid with Israel
12 January 2017 The Palestine solidarity and human rights organisation BDS South Africa condemns the visit by opposition leader Mmusi Maimane of the Democratic Alliance (DA) to Israel. In 2009, in a 300-page report commissioned by the SA Government, the SA Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) found that Israel is practicing forms of apartheid. Human…
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Celebrating Jewish Anti-Apartheid Icon, Comrade Joe Slovo
06 January 2016 The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization BDS South Africa joins fellow South Africans in commemorating and celebrating anti-apartheid icon, Comrade Joe Slovo. Today is the 22nd anniversary of his death. Joe Slovo (23 May 1926 – 6 January 1995; born Yossel Mashel Slovo) was a long-time leader of the South African…