The Rapidly Changing Relations between Israel and South Africa
The ANC alliance condemned Israel as a nation founded on the basis of apartheid, and branded the establishment of the state a crime against humanity.
The allegation was made in a statement issued over the weekend, as South Africa’s anti-Israel lobby planned to protest a conference Sunday held by South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) in Johannesburg.
The statement of the Alliance Secretariat under the caption On the Middle East read as follow:
As the Alliance we are now heightening our campaign aimed at boycotting and isolating Israel as a state founded on the basis of apartheid, which according to international law and several UN conventions is a crime against humanity.
We therefore pledge ongoing solidarity with the people of Palestine and will enhance our support for the boycott, disinvestment and sanction initiatives against the state of Israel. The Alliance further calls on transport sector workers, at South African docks and airports to neither offload products from Israel nor upload products bound for Israel. We also call on retail sector workers to refuse to handle or package products manufactured in or originating from Israel.
Statement issued by Gwede Mantashe: Secretary General, ANC, Zwelinzma Vavi: General Secretary, COSATU, Solly Maphaila: Deputy General Secretary, SACP, Robert Tsikwe, Deputy Secretary General, SANCO, September 12 2014
The Premier of Gauteng province, David Makhura, was scheduled to speak at the SAJBD conference today (Sunday, 14 September 2014), but reportedly cancelled his appearance.
Several anti-Israel groups praised the cancellation by Makkhura. “This non-participation by Comrade Makhura is welcomed as we see no reason why any leader of the ANC should be on a platform hosted by the SAJBD,” Muhammed Desai, a South African leader of the BDS movement, stated in a press release.
The following scripture is so relevant in these days:
O God, do not keep quiet: let your lips be open and take no rest, O God.
Psa 83:2 For see! those who make war on you are out of control; your haters are lifting up their heads.
Psa 83:3 They have made wise designs against your people, talking together against those whom you keep in a secret place.
Psa 83:4 They have said, Come, let us put an end to them as a nation; so that the name of Israel may go out of man’s memory.
Psa 83:5 For they have all come to an agreement; they are all joined together against you….
The Bible in Basic English 1965
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