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SA academics pledge support for Israeli academic boycott

Some 204 South African academics have signed a declaration committing themselves to supporting the rights of the Palestinian people. Expressing concern with “Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian land” and “the intolerable human rights violations that it inflicts on all sections of the Palestinian people”, the academics pledge not to accept[…]

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Unions agree support for Woolworths boycott

Several of the country’s biggest trade unions have signed an agreement in support of a boycott campaign against local retailer Woolworths, demanding the company severe trade links with all Israeli affiliates until the Zionist state has complied with international law in its handling of the Palestinian population. The support is[…]

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UK academics sever ties with Israeli universities

Hundreds of university professors in the United Kingdom say they will halt all cooperation with Israeli schools in an effort to draw attention to Israel’s violations of international law. In a statement released on Tuesday, 343 UK academics announced that they would no longer accept invitations to visit Israeli academic[…]

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Israeli lobby powerful in Australia: BDS

This is the fifth part in a series of articles that looks at various BDS movements from around the world and the campaigns that these movements focus on. Inspired by the effective movement against apartheid South Africa, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is directed against the illegal military[…]

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BDS lauds ANC resolutions on Palestine

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions South Africa (BDS SA) has praised the ANC for its growing support of the Palestinian struggle for liberation and the growing boycott campaign against Israel. The ANC held its 4th National General Council (NGC) over the past weekend and amongst the resolutions were calls for a[…]

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BDS Slovenia targets Israeli oranges

This is the first part in a series of articles that will look at various BDS movements from around the world and the campaigns that these movements focus on. While the word “BDS” has become somewhat of a buzzword in South Africa since last year’s catastrophic war on Gaza, very[…]

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Live from #PharrellProtest

Crowds are growing outside Grand West in Goodwood as pro-Palestinian supporters gather to show their displeasure at US musician, Pharrell Williams and his collaboration with retail outlet Woolworths. The protest is organised by BDS SA and is expected to draw numbers well into the thousands. As the protest ensued on[…]

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Local Muslim organisations to support Pharrell protest

A planned protest action outside the concert of U.S. singer-songwriter, Pharrell Williams is gaining traction amongst organisations sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. The Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) and the Al Quds Foundation of South Africa has now given its full backing to the BDS protest, which is scheduled to take[…]

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Iceland votes to boycott Israeli imports

Iceland’s capital city council members on Wednesday voted to boycott Israeli imports to the country to demonstrate their support for Palestine. The Reykjavik municipality passed the motion to ban Israeli imports “as long as the occupation of Palestinian territories,” Iceland Magazine reported. Council members said the boycott was symbolic of[…]

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