• Israeli ties: a chance to do the right thing

    Posted on September 26, 2010

    Sep 26, 2010 12:00 AM | By Archbishop Desmond Tutu The University of Johannesburg’s Senate will next week meet to decide whether to end its relationship with an Israeli institution, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, on the grounds of that university’s active support for and involvement in the Israeli military. Archbishop Desmond Tutu supports the […]

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  • BNC Event: “South African anti-apartheid strategy and BDS, then and now”

    Posted on September 25, 2010

    The Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) cordially invites you to a public presentation entitled(?????? ??????? ?? ??????) “South African anti-apartheid strategy and BDS, then and now” by Professor Patrick Bond Political economist and professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Development Studies in South Africa. Professor Bond authored/edited more than a […]

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  • SOUTH AFRICAN ACADEMICS CALL FOR UJ TO TERMINATE RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAELI INSTITUTION

    Posted on September 25, 2010

    PETITION to sever links with Ben Gurion University www.ujpetition.com This petition was first disseminated on the 05th of September, within two days it was signed by over 100 South African academics from more than 12 SA universities. To date it has more than 200 signatories from 22 academic institutions. Supported by: Professors Kader Asmal, Allan […]

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  • New pressure on UJ to sever Israel ties

    Posted on September 25, 2010

    DAVID MACFARLANE | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Sep 24 2010 06:00 Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Unisa vice-chancellor Barney Pityana and author Breyten Breytenbach have added their voices to calls for the University of Johannesburg to sever academic ties with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The cooperation between the two universities dates from the 1980s, when […]

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  • Wellness Warehouse must remove Israeli Ahava products now or face protest

    Posted on August 20, 2010

    On the 16th of August 2010, Open Shuhada Street sent the following letter to Wellness Warehouse; a retailer of wellness products and services which stocks Ahava products. AHAVA PRODUCTS ARE PRODUCED IN VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW: WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU DESIST FROM IMPORTING AND SELLING AHAVA PRODUCTS “We have unquestionable respect for […]

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  • Palestine’s students call on PLO envoy to boycott South African Zionists

    Posted on August 12, 2010

    Open Letter, Various undersigned, 11 August 2010 The following open letter was sent to Ambassador Ali Ahmed Halimeh, PLO Mission, South Africa on 10 August 2010: We address you from occupied Palestine urging you to cancel your participation in an event hosted by the South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) entitled “Towards Peace in […]

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  • SAMWU Declares, Every Municipality an Apartheid Israel Free Zone!

    Posted on June 5, 2010

    SAMWU PRESS STATEMENT. 04 June 2010. At its Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting Friday 4th June, SAMWU unanimously endorsed a motion to immediately work towards every municipality in South Africa to become an Apartheid Israel free zone. As part of the global Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions Campaign (BDS) SAMWU has agreed to engage every single […]

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  • SATAWU CONDEMNS THE ISRAELI ACT OF INTERNATIONAL PIRACY

    Posted on June 4, 2010

    SATAWU CONDEMNS THE ISRAELI ACT OF INTERNATIONAL PIRACY The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union condemns the attack on aid ships launched by the Israeli state. This last act of Israeli state sponsored murder left nine people dead and many others injured. The attack which took place in international waters is nothing less than […]

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  • COSATU condemns Israeli state piracy

    Posted on June 4, 2010

    The Congress of South African Trade Unions is outraged at the murder by Israeli commandos” of at least twenty people – and injuries to a further 60 – as a result of their armed attack on a convoy of ships carrying aid to the people of Gaza last night, 30 May 2010. COSATU sends its […]

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  • Welcome actions by South Africa government on Israeli massacre

    Posted on June 3, 2010

    Issued by the Coalition for a Free Palestine 2 June 2010 The Coalition for a Free Palestine welcomes recent actions by the South African government in responding to the murderous attack by Israeli soldiers on unarmed civilians in an aid convoy to Gaza. Since the Israeli attack early Monday morning, the South African Department of […]

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