ANC strongly condemned the Israeli state-sponsored attacks and deportation of Africans

South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), endorsed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel on Thursday. Adopted a series of resolutions against the occupation policy of Israel at its 53rd National Conference, the ANC adopted policies urging South Africans to support any Palestinian campaigns that “pressure Israel to end its…

The African asylum seekers protest in Tel-Aviv, June 10, 2012

Protest in Tel-Aviv: “Refugees Are Not Cancer”

Hundreds of African asylum seekers held a protest march against government policy and violence directed against them by Tel Aviv residents on Sunday. The protesters marched from Tel Aviv’s Levinsky Park to the UN mission in Ha’hashmonaim Street carrying signs which read “Don’t forget history. Being a refugee is not a choice” “A refugee is…

Hadash against Interior Minister’s racist statement

The African refugees in Israel should be rounded up in prisons or holding facilities and then deported from the country, Interior Minister Eli Yishai (Shas) said in a radio interview on Wednesday morning. “They should be put into holding cells or jails,” he said, “and then given a grant and sent back” to their countries of…