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01 March 2015
Dear Friends and Comrades,
 
ISRAELIS ATTACK PALESTINIAN GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
This Thursday  (a day after a Palestinian mosque was burnt by Israeli settlers) a Palestinian Greek Orthodox Church was torched. Police suspect it the work of right-wing Israelis. Both buildings were defaced with anti-Palestinian and anti-Christian slurs, including graffiti maligning Jesus Christ saying: "Jesus son of a wh***". Palestinian Christians have come out maintaining that they are not attacked by Israelis because they are Christian but because they are Palestinian. Click here for a CNN News report.
 
COSAS TO MEET MINISTER OF EDUCATION ON ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK
The Congress of South African Students (COSAS), representing school children in primary and high schools across South Africa, held a press conference this Thursday at Chief Albert Luthuli House (ANC Head Office) to endorse #IsraeliApartheidWeek (IAW). COSAS also announced an upcoming meeting with the Minsiter of Basic Education to discuss, amongst other things, the compulsory inclusion of the "Palestinian struggle against Israeli Apartheid" into school curriculums. Click here for more information.
 
FREE IAW COMEDY SHOWS WITH KAGISO, LOYISO & OTHERS
Free #IsraeliApartheidWeek comedy shows titled "Apartheid Aint Funny" featuring Kagiso Lediga, Mashabela Galane, Muzi Dlamini, Loyiso Madinga, Christopher Steenkamp and others from the eTV Late Nite News crew in Johannesburg (Thursday 5 March) and Cape Town (Friday 7 March). Click here for more info.
 
FREE IAW CONCERTS WITH TUMI MOLEKANE, JR, REASON, LEBO MASHILE
Free #IsraeliApartheidWeek music concerts titled "Rhythms of Resistance" featuring Tumi Molekane (from Tumi & the Volume), Reason, JR, Lebo Mashile and others in Johannesburg (Friday 6 March) and Cape Town (Saturday 7 March). Click here for more info.
 
 
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PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS CALL ON SA CHURCHES TO JOIN ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK (IAW)
Palestinian Christians have written to South African churches calling on all clergy and fellow Christians to dedicate Sunday the 8th of March during Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) as a day of reflection and prayer for the Palestinian people in their struggle against Israeli Apartheid. The letter which was delivered earlier this week, can be downloaded here. The 11th international Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is endorsed by over 85 South African organizations and takes place in South Africa between the 2nd and 8th of March 2015. Click here for more information on Israeli Apartheid Week.
 
#BOYCOTTWOOLWORTHS DAY OF ACTION FOR ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK [SATURDAY, 7 MARCH]
The organizers of #IsraeliApartheidWeek (IAW) are calling on all endorsing organizations, supporters and participants to dedicate Saturday the 7th of March 2015 during IAW as a day of action against Woolworths (for its continued trade with Apartheid Israel). As part of this IAW #BoycottWoolworths Day of Action arrange protests, pickets and other actions in your city or town ... send us details of your protests/pickets! A full Israeli Apartheid Week programme will be available on Monday 02 March 2015.
 
ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK PROTEST [SUNDAY,8 MARCH, SANDTON]
The Israeli Embassy together with the SA Zionist Federation and other pro-Israeli organizations will be holding an Israeli Expo in Sandton on Sunday 8th March. Join the IAW South Africa Team and our over 85 endorsing organizations at a protest (as part of #IsraeliApartheidWeek) at this Sandton Israeli Expo. Click here for more information. A full Israeli Apartheid Week programme will be available on Monday 02 March 2015.
 
 
 
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