Opinion by Ali Abunimah This article was published in May 2013 A standard objection to the Palestinian campaign for the boycott of Israel is that it would cut off "dialogue" and hurt the chances of peace. We've heard this again in the wake of Professor Stephen Hawking's laudable decision to withdraw from Israel's Presidential Conference in response to requests from Palestinian academics – but it would be hard to think […]
Racism against Africans by the Israeli regime will take centre stage during the South African leg of this year’s 14th international #IsraeliApartheidWeek campaign from 12 - 18 March 2018. #IsraeliApartheidWeek is an international series of self-organized rallies, protests, lectures, cultural performances, concerts, sports events, films and workshops held annually in over 250 cities, communities and campuses across the globe. With “Afro-Palestinian solidarity” as this year’s theme, #IsraeliApartheidWeek in SA will focus […]
Over 200 members of various organizations, trade unions, human rights groups and faith based bodies, including the SA Jews for a Free Palestine, staged a loud protest at today’s Davis Cup tennis match in South Africa. Social media videos showed vuvuzelas, whistles and loud singing of well known anti-apartheid struggle songs heard from far , according to spectators inside the tennis court. “The message to the Davis Cup was clear […]
Palestine solidarity groups have called on Tennis SA to cancel the upcoming Davis Cup Tennis match which will see the South African team face off against the Israeli tennis team. A number of groups are planning a picket next week to protest the Israeli tennis team’s participation in the Davis cup. The Davis Cup is due to be held from the 2nd-3rd February at Irene Country Club in Pretoria. Minister […]
Palestine solidarity movements in South Africa have lauded the ANC elective conference’s resolution to immediately downgrade the embassy in Israel to a liaison office. The announcement was made at the ANC elective conference in Nasrec last night. Delegates from the North West, together with branches and regions from other provinces, championed the resolution. The ANC resolution followed a great deal of debate sparked by a recommendation of the ANC’s Policy […]
By Yaseen Kippie A call for the ANC to vote to downgrade the South African Embassy in Israel has been made by the South African Muslim Network (SAMNET). The vote will take place at the ANC's National Elective Conference later this month. SAMNET Chairperson Dr Faizal Suleman says the call, which echoes the calls of the BDS movement in SA, ANC members and some of its alliance partners, is a […]
By Yaseen Kippie Pro-Palestinian solidarity groups across South Africa have condemned US President Donald Trump’s statement on the US embassy in Israel’s unprecedented move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Trump’s decision has sparked global outrage, with Hamas calling for a Day of Rage. On Thursday, protests broke out across the occupied Palestinian territories as Palestinians expressed their anger at the decision. Medics said at least 31 people were wounded by […]
Various Palestinian organisations and activists representing different groups on Monday assembled outside the South African Representative Office in Ramallah in the West Bank, protesting against what they cite as South African officials having ‘betrayed’ the Palestinian people in the fight against Zionist occupation. The activists are now asking the South African public whether they have forgotten their own history of oppression. Speaking to VOC News, head of the Boycott, Divestment […]
The University of Cambridge faces censorship accusations after it threatened to ban a meeting about the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement unless the Palestinian academic chairing it was removed and replaced with a person of its own choice, according to media reports. Ruba Salih from the School of African and Oriental Studies (SOAS) was set to oversee the event earlier this week featuring Palestinian BDS activist, Omar Barghouti, but […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
