So far 2023 has been a grueling year for Palestinians. In just two months Israeli occupation forces and settlers, under apartheid Israel's far-right settler-colonial government, have carried out violent attacks and pogroms. At least 70 Palestinians, including 14 children have been murdered by Israel.
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We, the undersigned African groups and organizations, welcome the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Mr Moussa Faki’s announcement of the suspension of Israel’s observer status in our union. This is an important first step towards rectifying the terrible mistake of admitting, in any way, the Israeli settler-colonial and apartheid regime into the African Union. Apartheid and Israel’s ideology, Zionism, stand in stark contradiction to our values and principles as enshrined in the African Charter for Peoples and Human Rights and have no place in our union.
The International Jewish Collective for Justice in Palestine (IJCJP) is comprised of Jewish groups and individuals who live in fifteen countries. From many cities around the world, our members celebrate Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau’s decision to cut ties with Israel until everyone in Israel/Palestine fully enjoys their rights, safety, and self-determination.
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Honorable Ada Colau, Mayor of the city of Barcelona, On behalf of the people of Gaza and Palestine, I would like to express our deep appreciation and gratitude for your ongoing support and commitment to promoting human rights and justice for the Palestinian people. Your recent decision to stand with the people of Gaza and Palestine has sent a powerful message of solidarity and support, and we are grateful for your leadership in raising awareness of the injustices faced by our people, including the ongoing system of apartheid.
Palestinians welcome the decision by the South African Rugby Union (SARU) to rescind an invitation to the Tel Aviv Heat, a team representing apartheid Israel, for the Mzansi Challenge set to kick off in March. We thank the many South Africans, including those who campaigned against that country’s apartheid regime, for standing up for Palestinian rights and taking swift action to compel SARU to reverse the misguided decision.
Right To Movement Palestine Commends South African Rugby Union for Disinviting Apartheid Israel Team
Dear South African Rugby Union, We are writing to you as athletes and sports lovers from Right to Movement Palestine - a grassroots campaign that uses sports to demand an end to the apartheid regime that we are forced to live under in colonized Palestine. We understand that the South African Rugby Union (SARU) has withdrawn the invitation to a team representing Apartheid Israel – the Tel Aviv Heat – which was to participate in the upcoming Mzansi Challenge in South Africa, kicking off on 24 March 2023. We are writing to affirm SARU did the right thing!
There is no “serenity and tranquility” atop a massacre’s mass grave. On the 19th of January 2023 and after finding out that the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) was organizing multiple workshops in Apartheid Israel, Palestine Academy for Science and Technology (PalAST) sent the following letter to the organizing board:
Progressive International salutes the Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, for her courageous decision to suspend institutional ties with apartheid Israel, including the twinning agreement with Tel Aviv, until the Palestinian people can live in freedom, free from military occupation, war crimes and crimes against humanity.Barcelona has a long history of defending human rights. Today, they honor this historic political and, above all, social legacy of the city, which has worked and continues to do so today, tirelessly for the respect of human rights and peace worldwide.
Barcelona Mayor suspends institutional relations with apartheid Israel, including twinning agreement with Tel Aviv, “until the Israeli authorities put an end to the system of violations of Palestinian human rights and fully comply with the obligations imposed on them by international law and the various United Nations resolutions.”
Apartheid Israel’s massacres, siege, and land theft against our people are escalating. It has killed at least 220 Palestinians already this year, including 42 children.