PRES RELEASE: National record broken for largest protest in South African history - thank you South Africans for standing with Palestinians against Israeli human rights abuses BDS South Africa would like to thank and salute the over a hundred thousand people that came out in support of the national Palestine solidarity protest march demanding decisive action from the South African government against ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza and Israel’s ongoing violations of international law. Israels --ongoing-- human rights violations include settlement construction, imprisonment of Palestinian political prisoners, discrimination against indigenous Palestinians amongst other abuses. People of all ages, races and religions came from across the country - from Port Elizabeth to Nelspruit, Kwa Dukuza, Durban, Port Shepstone, Newcastle, Polokwane, Mokopane and various other towns and cities. The national Palestine march of over a hundred thousand people, with many analysts even suggesting that the protest reached the 200 thousand mark, was the largest and most diverse protest march to ever take place in South Africa - not just in post Apartheid South Africa. The largest protest gathering in South African history is said to be the 1990 release of Nelson Mandela. The national protest march for Palestine was organised by various organisations including the MJC, BDS South Africa, Jamiat Ulama, ANC Youth League and several other civil society organisations under the banner of the National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P). Activists and organisers worked around the clock since the announcement of the National protest March just about one week ago. Kwara Kekana, co director with Reverend Edwin Arrison on the day of the protest, said: “The protest was not just one of anger towards Israel’s killing of more than 2000 Palestinian, including over 250 Palestinian children. It was more than anger at Israeli injustice. It was a celebration of human solidarity by a focused, determined and justice-loving people.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 18:30:09 +0000
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