Anti-Israel activists in South Africa have taken their hostility to the Jewish state to a new extreme. At a protest organized by “BDS South Africa” last Wednesday at Johannesburg’s Wits University, some demonstrators were heard to sing “dubula ijuda” —…
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South Africa: Unions defend disruption of concert at which an Israeli “publicly-admitted Zionist” performed
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The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg has found itself in the center of a dispute involving Israelis, Palestinians — and now, the trade unions. An Israeli pianist, Yossi Reshef, was giving a piano concert at the university on…
South Africa: Violence erupts at Israel Independence Day celebrations in Johannesburg as unions denounce “Jewish lobby”
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In yet another example of deteriorating relations between some South African trade unions and the local Jewish community, a major rift has broken out over a protest that took place at a celebration of Israeli Independence Day in Johannesburg. According…
COSATU hails Goldstone report, praises TUC for boycott decision
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The following was published on 8 October on the website of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). COSATU fully supports the report by UN-appointed South African jurist Richard Goldstone on the crimes committed by Israel in Operation Cast…
Zionism is “global racist domination” says COSATU
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Zionism is “a version of global racist domination” says the head of South Africa’s national trade union centre, COSATU.
South African Jewish Board of Deputies make formal complaint against COSATU
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COSATU: How the mighty have fallen
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