Apartheid Israel: South Africans Refuse Israels Apartheid State in Mideast
source: http://heathlander.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/apartheid-israel/
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We, South Africans who faced the might of unjust and brutal apartheid machinery in South Africa and fought against it with all our strength, with the objective to live in a just, democratic society, refuse today to celebrate the existence of an Apartheid state in the Middle East. While Israel and its apologists around the world will, with pomp and ceremony, loudly proclaim the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the state of Israel this month, we who have lived with and struggled against oppression and colonialism will, instead, remember 6 decades of catastrophe for the Palestinian people. 60 years ago, 750,000 Palestinians were brutally expelled from their homeland, suffering persecution, massacres, and torture. They and their descendants remain refugees. This is no reason to celebrate.
When we think of the Sharpeville massacre of 1960,
we also remember the Deir Yassin massacre of 1948.
When we think of South Africa’s Bantustan policy,
we remember the bantustanisation of Palestine by the Israelis.
When we think of our heroes who languished on Robben Island and elsewhere,
we remember the 11,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails.
When we think of the massive land theft perpetrated against the people of South Africa,
we remember that the theft of Palestinian land continues with the building of illegal Israeli settlements and the Apartheid Wall.
When we think of the Group Areas Act and other such apartheid legislation,
we remember that 93% of the land in Israel is reserved for Jewish use only.
When we think of Black people being systematically dispossessed in South Africa,
we remember that Israel uses ethnic and racial dispossession to strike at the heart of Palestinian life.
When we think of how the SADF troops persecuted our people in the townships,
we remember that attacks from tanks, fighter jets and helicopter gunships are the daily experience of Palestinians in the Occupied Territory.
When we think of the SADF attacks against our neighbouring states,
we remember that Israel deliberately destabilises the Middle East region and threatens international peace and security, including with its 100s of nuclear warheads.
We who have fought against Apartheid and vowed not to allow it to happen again can not allow Israel to continue perpetrating apartheid, colonialism and occupation against the indigenous people of Palestine.
We dare not allow Israel to continue violating international law with impunity.
We will not stand by while Israel continues to starve and bomb the people of Gaza.
We who fought all our lives for South Africa to be a state for all its people demand that millions of Palestinian refugees must be accorded the right to return to the homes from where they were expelled.
Apartheid was a gross violation of human rights. It was so in South Africa and it is so with regard to Israel’s persecution of the Palestinians!
Organisational endorsements:
* African National Congress
* Al Quds Foundation
* Anti-Privatisation Forum and its 28 affiliates
* Azanian Peoples Organisation
* Congress of South African Trade Unions
* Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition
* End Occupation Campaign
* Groundworks
* Media Review Network
* Muslim Judicial Council
* Muslim Youth Movement of South Africa
* Not In My Name
* Palestine Solidarity Alliance
* Palestine Solidarity Committee
* Palestine Solidarity Group
* Social Movements Indaba
* Socialist Party of Azania
* South African Communist Party
* South African Council of Churches
See here for the full list of signatories: http://jewssansfrontieres.blogspot.com/2008/05/anti-apartheid-activists-see-no-r...
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freecrack
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in midevil europe jewish practices prevented millions of jews from dying from the plague as christians died around them in mass numbers so please do boycott all things jewish nobody is asking you to do otherwise
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Let`s boycott everything Jewish.
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really jews donating to a fund so that all jews who wish to visit the homeland canis a bad thing? 8 billion muslums in the world dont help eachother go to mecca but jews selflessly support other jews making aliyah is bad? its a massive example of pure charity and a noble endevour. they have no country thats the point. israel provides medical support because thier leaders do not once again a noble form of charity. despite calling for the death of all jews, israel helps the palastinians when they can while the palastinians only promote the death of israelis. and when has israel begged for money? either israel has industries we support that make them wealthy or they dont pick a propaganda and stick to it
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maof4brats [removed]
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Ohhhh how nice YOU provide medical services after you blow them up in their own country. Then you beg for money to get more people to come to YOUR country,and give FREE trips to anybody that is Jewish. How big of you. You are sooooo nice they should thank you for all the things you do for them. GEEZZZ I was soooo very wrong.........NOT!
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freecrack
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jordan just revoked the citizenship of all palastinians, egypt wont let them in either, no arab country is willing to provide any aide besides weapons. who are the players in the palastinian struggle. as of right now israel provides govt services health care and security to more palastinians than jordan or egypt combined. keep focusing on the jews the ones who support a democratic society, instead of the cruel midevil religous states
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but remember dont acknowledge that the south african aparthied was oppression by a ruling white class but in gaza and the west bank where the palastinians are no jew has any authority. south africans were victimized and had no support or place to go as the palastinians have support from 57 nations and border egypt and jordan but sure yeah its the same exact thing cuz a picture of a grieving father holding his brutalized child only happens to these two groups no isreali has ever suffered such a thing. could the wall be there to protect civilians from suicide bombers shhhhh that doesnt fit the half truth propaganda.
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freecrack:
No authority, just colonies, all the tanks and planes, checkpoints, tax revenue, water, and electricity. Yeah, freecrack, Israel has no authority in the occupied territories, you have more than a tenuous grasp on reality, and David Duke is in line for an NAACP Image Award.
I'll have what you're smoking.
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Palestine and Gaza seem like POW camps or even concentration camps from what I see
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mbeharry:
That is exactly what they are consentration camps. Sounds familar?
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very good. I went to the site. Something has to be done. WW3?Sad to say it probably will happen and for what?
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Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,
Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people,
Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law,
Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations,
Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms,
Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge,
Now, Therefore THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
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