Up to 15 international bands and artists have so far announced that they are pulling out of Israel’s Meteor Festival under pressure from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Arab48.com reported on Sunday. Some of the musicians cancelled because they feared that their participation would beautify the Israeli occupation.[…]
“Al Aqsa in Danger!” has been the impassioned call to action by Maulana Ihsaan Hendricks for the past two decades – a phrase that he made famous on VOC during his many talks on Palestine. Maulana Ihsaan Hendricks was a pioneer in bringing the conversation on the Palestinian struggle out of[…]
Human rights and Palestinian solidarity organisation BDS South Africa will be holding a press conference with South African TV personality Shashi Naidoo on Wednesday following her recent pro-Israeli social media post. The 37-year-old’s lengthy Instagram post referred to Gaza as a “shithole country” and defended Israeli actions. Her views generated[…]
South African pro-Palestinian organisations are galvanising support for a mass demonstration to Parliament on Tuesday 15th May, known globally as Nakba Day – ‘The Catastrophe’. This year marks the 70th year of the Nakba – observed annually as the day in which 700,000 Palestinians were forced to flee Palestine as[…]
The ANC has reiterated a call for a cultural boycott of Israel, in the wake of the fallout over South African DJ Black Coffee’s performance in Israel at the weekend. The international DJ has been accused of being insensitive and irresponsible for performing in Tel Aviv, just hours before Israeli[…]
Opinion by Ali Abunimah This article was published in May 2013 A standard objection to the Palestinian campaign for the boycott of Israel is that it would cut off “dialogue” and hurt the chances of peace. We’ve heard this again in the wake of Professor Stephen Hawking’s laudable decision to[…]
Racism against Africans by the Israeli regime will take centre stage during the South African leg of this year’s 14th international #IsraeliApartheidWeek campaign from 12 – 18 March 2018. #IsraeliApartheidWeek is an international series of self-organized rallies, protests, lectures, cultural performances, concerts, sports events, films and workshops held annually in over[…]
Over 200 members of various organizations, trade unions, human rights groups and faith based bodies, including the SA Jews for a Free Palestine, staged a loud protest at today’s Davis Cup tennis match in South Africa. Social media videos showed vuvuzelas, whistles and loud singing of well known anti-apartheid struggle[…]
Palestine solidarity groups have called on Tennis SA to cancel the upcoming Davis Cup Tennis match which will see the South African team face off against the Israeli tennis team. A number of groups are planning a picket next week to protest the Israeli tennis team’s participation in the Davis[…]
Palestine solidarity movements in South Africa have lauded the ANC elective conference’s resolution to immediately downgrade the embassy in Israel to a liaison office. The announcement was made at the ANC elective conference in Nasrec last night. Delegates from the North West, together with branches and regions from other provinces,[…]
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