Tag Archive for South Africa

South Africa: Anti-Israel protesters sing “shoot the Jew” at BDS demo

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” —…

South Africa: Unions defend disruption of concert at which an Israeli “publicly-admitted Zionist” performed

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”

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

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…