Tag: Apartheid

  • South African dock workers union decides not to offload Israeli ship

    Congress of South African Trade Unions In a historic development for South Africa, South African dock workers have announced their determination not to offload a ship from Israel that is scheduled to dock in Durban on Sunday, 8 February 2009. This follows the decision by COSATU to strengthen the campaign in South Africa for boycotts,…

  • Open letter to Haruki Murakami: don’t legitimize apartheid

    The following letter was issued by the Palestine Forum Japan on 29 January 2009: Dear Mr. Haruki Murakami: We ask you to withdraw from the Jerusalem Book Fair and receipt of the “Jerusalem Prize.” We have heard the news that you are going to participate in the 24th Jerusalem International Book Fair from 15 to…

  • This Is Apartheid

    By Rann The Israeli Supreme Court approved a law yesterday denying West Bank and Gaza Palestinians married to Israeli Palestinians residence or citizenship in Israel. As the linked Ha’aretz editorial states, this is a disgrace. Moreover, this is yet another grounding of apartheid by the Israeli ‘justice’ system. “… not one single Western country discriminates…