A group of Jewish Israeli activists has written a letter urging South Africans in general and members of the South African Jewish community in particular to support this year’s #IsraeliApartheidWeek campaign‚ according to the group Boycott‚ Disinvestment and Sanctions against Israel (BDS) . “Shalom…We are writing to you as Israeli[…]
University campuses around the country are preparing for Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), now in its twelfth year. It has now become one of the largest national awareness raising campaigns on the issue of Palestine. Israeli apartheid week (IAW) takes place in over 200 cities across the world. Its name evokes[…]
At 92, he has faced many threats and attempts on his life. Thus when the South African Muslim Lawyers Association filed for him to be arrested and prosecuted for war crimes if he proceeded with his plan to address the South African-Jewish community’s gala Salute to Israel Sunday night, he[…]
Local pro-Palestine activists are calling on South Africans to protest against the UK governments decision to ban the public sector from boycotting Israeli products. Public-sector organisations in Britain have been banned from boycotting Israeli suppliers under new government rules, and violators could face severe penalties. The government of the UK[…]
Pro-Palestine activists have criticized how Israeli private security were given control to block members of the public from picketing in Sandton. The South African Jews For Palestine organized a protest yesterday outside the Sandton Convention Centre against the visit of ex-Israeli prime minister, Shimon Peres, to South Africa. Muslim Lawyers[…]
A controversial water conference in South Africa has been called off following opposition from the Palestine solidarity movement to the participation of Israeli Ambassador, Arthur Lenk. The conference organized by the Mail & Guardian was set to take place on the 26th of February and was expected to feature a[…]
2015 will be remembered as the year that Palestinian popular resistance spread across historic Palestine and saw tens of thousands of Palestinians take to the streets to resist and confront Israel’s regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid. Ten years since the launch of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), 2015 also[…]
Over 25 local municipalities and regional governments in the Spanish State, including in Catalunya and the Basque Country, have endorsed the BDS boycott of Israel and similar resolutions. Recent municipalities include Diputación of Sevilla, Badalona, Terrassa, Santiago de Compostela and last month in November, Cabildo of Gran Canaria. One year[…]
South Africans need to play a role whereby they constantly remind government to act independently and impartially within the paradigm of a constitutional state, this especially in cases relating to the country’s stance on Palestinian rights. So says local attorney, Ziyaad Patel, who was amongst a South African delegation who[…]
Spies, allegedly working for a well-known private investigator, were purportedly paid to infiltrate a Palestine support group running a campaign to have Israeli goods removed from a major retailer’s shelves. Members of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel (BDS) South Africa this week claimed one of the alleged spies confessed[…]
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