I'M JEWISH AND I WANT PEOPLE TO BOYCOTT ISRAEL
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The Washington Post newspaper in the USA recently published a powerful article by Jewish mother, Rebecca Vilkomerson. The article was in support of the non-violent BDS boycott of Israel. Vilkomerson wrote: "I believe that Israel won’t change its policies until outside pressure becomes impossible to ignore. BDS (boycotts, divestments and sanctions) is a powerful way to encourage the [Israeli] state to act…It’s not discrimination to hold a state accountable for its violations of international law and human rights abuses. The State of Israel is not the same as the Jewish people." Click here to read the rest of the article.
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UPCOMING PALESTINE "WALK FOR FREEDOM"
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Join the annual PSA Palestine Walk for Freedom taking place in various South African cities and towns on the 25th of September. Call 0812145309 for more info.
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BDS PALESTINE INFO STALL AT LENASIA WOLVES FC FAMILY FETE
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Visit the BDS South Africa Palestine info stall at the upcoming Lenasia Wolves Football Club's Family Fun Fete on 23, 24 and 25th of September. Click here for more info.
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SA JEWS FOR PALESTINE (SAJFP) HOST VISITING DELEGATION IN JOHANNESBURG AND CAPE TOWN
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Our friends from the SA Jews for Palestine (SAJFP) are hosting a visiting delegation of Palestinian activists from various organizations including Adalah, Zochrot, ADRID and Badil. Here are some of the upcoming events:
PUBLIC EVENT
DATE: Monday 29 August at 19h30
VENUE: Kippies @ The Market Theatre, 56 Margaret Mcingana St, Newtown, Johannesburg
PRESS CONFERENCE
DATE: Wednesday 31 August at 10h30
VENUE: Sophiatown Museum & Trevor Huddleston Memorial Centre 73 Toby St, Sophiatown, Johannesburg
SYMBOLIC TREE PLANTING CEREMONY
DATE: Thursday 01 September at 11H00
VENUE: Weinberg Family Park, Cnr Grenville and Hastings Ave, Savoy Estate, Johannesburg
PUBLIC EVENT
DATE: Monday 5 September at 19h00
TITLE: "Israeli Settler Colonialism: From Lubya to Al Araqib"
VENUE: District 6 Museum, Cape Town
Visit the SAJFP's Facebook Page (click here) and Twitter account (click here) for more info and updates.
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GROUP OF SOUTH AFRICAN JEWS APOLOGIZE TO DISPLACED PALESTINIANS
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In 1948 Israeli
forces depopulated and ethnically cleansed several Palestinian villages to create the Modern State of Israel (not to be confused with the Biblical Land of Israel).
In the 1970s members of the Jewish community in South Africa had previously donated to the pro-Israeli Jewish National Fund (JNF), donations that were used by Israel to plant a forest (the “South African Forest") on top of the Israeli-destroyed Palestinian village of Lubya.
It has subsequently emerged that the JNF’s aim of planting such forests was to cover up and hide Israel's crimes and destruction of Palestinian villages, to conceal blame and try to consign Palestinian memories of their previous homes to oblivion. Last year members of the South African Jews for A Free Palestine (SAJFP)
travelled to Palestine-Israel and publicly apologized to descendants of
Palestinian refugees for their role in Israel's displacement of
Palestinians. Click here for more info. |
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