PRESS RELEASES 2015

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[December 30, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Brazil rejects Israeli Ambassador
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[December 22, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: BDS SA 2015 Christmas message
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[December 21, 2015]
Over 25 Spanish municipalities endorse BDS boycott of Israel
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[December 21, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Over 25 Spanish municipalities endorse BDS boycott of Israel
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[December 17, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: South African academics pledge support for academic boycott of Israel
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[December 1, 2015]
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: At Woolworths AGM Palestinian journalist invites Directors to her homeland

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[November 29, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Shareholder-activists to attend Woolworths AGM
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[November 28, 2015]
PRESS INVITE: Woolworths “shareholder-activists” press conference on Sunday 29 November in Cape Town
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[November 25, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Unions call on Woolworths to end Israeli ties or face dis-investment
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[November 17, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Warrants of arrest issued by S.Africa against four Israeli commanders
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[November 14, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: BDS SA condemns attacks in Paris and Beirut
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[November 11, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Jewish Women unfurl “Boycott Israel” banner at Jewish Holy Site in Jerusalem 
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[November 10, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Palestine organization BDS SA Diwali Message
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[November 3, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: NCC probe sparked by Woolworths into retail industry welcomed
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[October 29, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Consumer Commission launches investigation into Woolworths Israeli labels
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[October 23, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: #FeesMustFall Message of support from Palestinian Students
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[October 21, 2015]
ANC WC: Invitation to Premier H Zille to Welcome the HAMAS Leaders
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[October 20, 2015]
ANC Western Cape Statement on HAMAS visit
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[October 20, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Palestine’s HAMAS calls for Israel boycott while on SA visit
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[October 19, 2015]
PRESS ALERT: Woolworths distribution centre shuts down amidst strike
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[October 16, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: BDS SA to meet with Woolworths workers
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[October 12, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: S.Africa’s ruling party affirms support for boycott of Israeli-linked companies and solidarity with Palestinian struggle for “liberation”
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[October 11, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: ANC NGC affirms support for boycott of Israel and solidarity with Palestinians
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[October 10, 2015]
PRESS STATMENT: Palestine’s Al-Fateh message of support to South Africa’s ANC NGC
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[October 9, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Palestine and the ANC 2015 NGC
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[September 24, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Shona Tova and Eid Mubarak on Heritage Day from BDS SA team
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[September 24, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Shona Tova and Eid Mubarak on Heritage Day from BDS SA team
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[September 22, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: #PharrellProtest a success!
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[September 21, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: #PharrellProtest event all on track
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[September 20, 2015]
News statement – ANC Vindicated by #PharrellProtest Court decision against City of Cape Town
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[September 19, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: #PharrellProtest Court Victory against City of Cape Town
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[September 19, 2015]
Open Letter to Pharrell Williams from SA School Children – COSAS PRESS STATEMENT
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[September 18, 2015]
OSS Press Statement on Pharrell Williams
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[September 17, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Grand West Casino withdraws court application against #PharrellProtest
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[September 16, 2015] PRESS STATEMENT
#PharrellProtest activists oppose interdict attempt

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[September 24, 2015] PRESS STATEMENT
Shona Tova and Eid Mubarak on Heritage Day from BDS SA team

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[September 22, 2015] PRESS STATEMENT
#PharrellProtest a success!

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[September 21, 2015] PRESS STATEMENT
#PharrellProtest event all on track

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[September 20, 2015]
News statement – ANC Vindicated by #PharrellProtest Court decision against City of Cape Town

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[September 19, 2015] PRESS STATEMENT
#PharrellProtest Court Victory against City of Cape Town

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[September 19, 2015] COSAS PRESS STATEMENT
Open Letter to Pharrell Williams from SA School Children – COSAS PRESS STATEMENT
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[September 18, 2015]
OSS Press Statement on Pharrell Williams
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[September 17, 2015] PRESS STATEMENT
 Grand West Casino withdraws court application against #PharrellProtest
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[26 September 2015] Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Politicsweb.  BDS and the Zionist hasbara
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[16 September 2015] PSC PRESS STATEMENT
The Boycott Woolworths and Pharrell Williams Campaigns

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[September 24 and 25, 2014]  PSC PRESS STATEMENT:
SWIFT SANCTIONS – as a nonviolent instrument towards Peace in Israel-Palestine

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[September 11, 2015 ]
JOIN: Protest Woolworths Pharrell Williams Concert [Monday, 21 Sept]
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[September 1, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Woolworths Panics Ahead of Pharrell Williams SA Tour
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[August 20, 2015]
Kairos 30th Anniversary Statement: “Dangerous Memory and Hope for the Future”
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[August 20, 2015]
PRESS INVITE: Discussion with Palestinian Christian delegation
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[August 18, 2015]
Invite to media – 30th Anniversary of Kairos Document
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[August 15, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: #VirginActiveApologises
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[August 13, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: On Virgin Active/Freedom of Expression
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[August 13, 2015]
“Keeping Questionable Company – Woolworths Under Fire” (Star Newspaper, 12 Aug)
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[August 7, 2015]

News statement – City of Cape Town U-Turn on Palestine protest following ANC outcry
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[August 5, 2015 ]
PRESS STATEMENT: Pharrell Williams Woolworths Protests to Continue Despite City of Cape Town
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[August 4, 2015]

NEWS STATEMENT: ANC Slams City of Cape Town for rejecting Palestine protest
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[August 4, 2015]
PRESS INVITE: Palestinian humanitarian worker on SA speaking tour
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[August 1, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: PR Gone Wrong On Israeli Propaganda Trip, participant speaks out
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[July 31, 2015]
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: Israeli settlers kill 18 month Palestinian child
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[July 30, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Israeli lobby blocks dialogue on Palestine
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[July 30, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: Western Saharan artist cancels Israel gig following BDS call
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[July 29, 2015]
PRESS ALERT: BDS SA to attend Israel holiday propaganda trip feedback session
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[July 27, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: For the record, no money provided for Israel propaganda holiday trips
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[July 24, 2015]
PRESS STATEMENT: For the record, no money provided for propaganda holiday trips
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[July 23, 2015]
PRESS ALERT: BDS “Free Palestine” team to participate in popular “702 Walk The Talk”
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[July 23, 2015]
PRESS ALERT: BDS “Free Palestine” team to participate in popular “702 Walk The Talk”
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[July 23, 2015]
PRESS ALERT: #BoycottWoolworths protest in Northern Cape city of Kimberley
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[July 22, 2015]
City holds crises meeting over 50 000 person protest at Pharrell Williams concert
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[July 17, 2015]
Israel sanction-busters not members! – YCL SA
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[July 17, 2015]
Revolutionary Eid Mubarak to all Muslims – from Young Communist League of SA
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[July 14, 2015]
SASCO MEDIA RELEASE: Suspension of members who participated in recent Israeli propaganda trip
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[9 July 2015] PRESS STATEMENT:
Mandela’s co-accused slams Israeli propaganda holiday trips

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[1 JULY 2015] ANC YOUTH LEAGUE WESTERN CAPE:
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.
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[26 June 2015] NC4P PRESS STATEMENT:
South African academic on board humanitarian ship attempting to break Israel’s blockade on Palestinian Gaza

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[24 June 2015] YCL MEDIA STATEMENT:
Apartheid President De Klerk supporting Israeli Apartheid no surprise
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[23 July 2015] BDSSA PRESS STATEMENT:
UN report of Israeli war crimes in Gaza “devastating”

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[20 June 2015] BDSSA PRESS STATEMENT:
BDS SA welcome Cuban 5 to South Africa

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[19 June 2015] BDS PRESS STATEMENT:
Israeli settlers attack historic Church where Jesus broke bread 

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[11 June 2015] JOINT PYA STATEMENT:
South African Youth and Student Groups Slam Israeli Propaganda Holiday Trips

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[25 May 2015]  BDSSA PRESS ALERT:
Jewish artist and activist in South Africa to raise awareness on Palestine

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[15 May 2015] BDSSA MEDIA STATEMENT:
On Nakba Day more than 10 000 South African School Learners March Against Woolworths over Israel Trade

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[15 May 2015] Nakba Day 2015 Press Statement:
Group of Jewish South Africans acknowledge their role in Palestinian dispossession

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[11 May 2015] PRESS ALERT:
SA Minister of Home Affairs to meet civil society over Israel/SA visa policy 

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[05 May 2015] JOINT PRESS STATEMENT:
Former South Africa Government Minsiter Tokyo Sexwale in Palestine to Discuss Racism in Sports

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[04 May 2015] JOINT PRESS STATEMENT:
Five S.African University SRCs Join Academic Boycott of Israel

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[15 May 2015] BDSSA MEDIA STATEMENT:
On Nakba Day more than 10 000 South African School Learners March Against Woolworths over Israel Trade

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[11 May 2015]PRESS ALERT:
SA Minister of Home Affairs to meet civil society over Israel/SA visa policy

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[04 May 2015] JOINT PRESS STATEMENT:
Five S.African University SRCs Join Academic Boycott of Israel

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[27 April 2015] JOINT PRESS STATEMENT:
Alliance components, progressive civil society, student and youth organisations and the progressive academia on Minister Blade Nzimande

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[23 April 2015]  PRESS STATEMENT:
Israel denies SA Government Minister travel visa to Palestine

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[23 April 2015] COSAS PRES STATEMENT:
COSAS to take Grandwest Casino & Israeli embassy to SA Human Rights Commission 

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[17 April 2015] PRESS STATEMENT:
Israeli Ice Hockey World Cup Game Disrupted (with marbles and red paint)

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[16 April 2015] PRESS STATEMENT:
Success as over 20 S.African businesses drop R7 million worth of contracts with G4S Security over Israel

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[15 April 2015] BDS SA PRESS STATEMENT:
BDS South Africa joins South Africa in condemning Afrophobia

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[9 April 2015] BDSSA PRESS STATEMENT:
On Pharrell Williams Collaboration with Woolworths
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[02 April 2015] ANCYL PRESS STATEMENT:
Shocked by attack on the ANC by the SA Zionist federation
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[26 March 2015] UJPSF MEDIA STATEMENT:
SA academic Farid Esack banned by French universities from speaking on Palestine

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[10 March 2015] PSA PRESS RELEASE:
PSA Rejects SAJBD’s unfounded attack on ANC & Deputy Minister Obed Bapela

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[9 March 2015] MEDIA STATEMENT:
BDS SA Statement on Successful Protest at Israeli Trade Expo in Sandton

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[9 March 2015] IAW PRESS RELEASE:
Successful Israeli Apartheid Week held in SA 

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[05 March 2015] PALESTINIAN EMBASSY PRESS RELEASE:
Denouncing pro-Israel activist in SA 

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[01 March 2015] IAW PRESS RELEASE:
11th Israeli Apartheid Week launched by children of Anti-Apartheid Activists

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[01 March 205] ANC YL PRESS STATEMENT:
Democratic Alliance exposed as friend of Apartheid Israel

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[16 February 2015] PSC PRESS STATEMENT:
Complaint Against Woolworths Holdings Ltd of Receiving And Trading In Stolen Property
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