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June, 2012

Archbishop Desmond Tutu signs our petition! Have you?

Open Shuhada Street are proud to announce that the Archbishop Desmond Tutu has signed onto our petition! In a mail today, the Archbishop commended the petition and asked that we publicise his signing of it. We [...]

Click to sign our petition! Support Minister Rob Davies!

Open Shuhada Street has set up a petition on Avaaz.org and we need your support! Rob Davies has taken the first step to stop Israel’s illegal mislabelling of Occupied Palestinian Territory products. Israel currently labels products [...]

Neve Gordon: product labelling will empower consumers and civil society

Neve Gordon, an Israeli academic and author, wrote an article voicing his support for South Africa’s notice of intention to relabel produce made in the settlements as it will empower consumers and civil society to put [...]

‘I Am an Illegal Alien on My Own Land’

David Shulman writes a fantastic piece on Susya, a small Palestinian village in West Bank and the subsequent challenges the people battle with in the face of an aggressive occupying power. He also touches on some atrocities carried [...]

DTI/Product Labeling Campaign News Update: 3 July ’12 – 9 July ’12

National Arts Festival to host a discussion on cultural boycott of Israel Asian American Community Organisations join the BDS movement The Presbyterian divestment proposal heats up GA Votes Against Presbyterian Divestment Coalition of Women for Peace [...]

OPEN SHUHADA STREET SOUTH AFRICA REJECTS ISRAEL’S PRODUCT MISLABELLING

27 June 2012 For immediate release Open Shuhada Street South Africa is deeply concerned by the protest march being organized by the ACDP, IFP and the South African Zionist Federation on Thursday 28 June 2012. The [...]

COSATU condemns South African Zionist Federation’s abuse of blacks under religious guise to legitimise apartheid in Israel

COSATU released a statement this morning condemning the march being hosted by the ACDP, IFP and SAZF. By marching against the proper labeling of products made in the illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, [...]

IFP’s attack on Minister Davies is ‘baseless’ – BDS SA

BDS South Africa’s national Coordinate, Muhammed Desai, and national office bearer and the International Relations Secretary of the SA Communist Party, Chris Matlhako, comprehensively dismantle the IFP’s argument against Minister Rob Davies relabeling notice. In an article published in [...]

Women Activists Protest Closure of Shuhada Street to Arabs

As the nightmare of the Occupation continues, a number of female activists – Palestinian, Israeli and international alike – recently engaged in an inspiring act of civil disobedience to the closure to Arabs of Hebron’s once-thriving [...]

Former Israeli Ambassador to South Africa Supports Proper Labeling of Settlement Products

Alon Liel, the former Director-General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry and the Israeli Ambassador to South Africa wrote an article, published in Business Day on 25 June 2012, in which he stated his support for South [...]