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ANC Statement, 12 August 2014 The Attack against Joshua Broomberg The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa guarantees to every citizen freedom of religion, belief and opinion. It further bestows to all South Africa the liberty that comes with freedom of expression. The actions of Josh Broomberg and his SA National Debate team mates to symbolically support the Palestinian people by wearing Palestinian scarves, are an embodiment of these principles that many South Africans and peoples of the world died for. The African National Congress applauds the principled stance taken by these students to voice their opposition to the injustice of the Israeli aggression against the defenceless people of Palestine. It is with pride that we commend their actions as it is our belief that in the interests of entrenching democracy and promoting a just world order, as a nation we must produce conscious and activist young people determined to contribute to a more humane world The African National Congress calls upon all progessive and peace loving South Africans, including people of the Jewish faith, to support the actions of Joshua Broomberg and others like him who are prepared to stand up for a better world. We commend the stance taken by former leaders of King David Victory Park who have come out against the condemnation of attempted censure and silencing of the voice of young people. We have already seen a number of Jews taking a stand against the Israeli attack on the Palestinian people. There is no greater ideal as that captured by Joshua Broomberg in his own words. "We stand with the thousands of civilians who have lost their lives in the conflict. We stand with a people who do not yet have a state to protect themselves. We stand with the innocents. We stand for two states. We do not stand against Israel." Issued by: Zizi Kodwa National Spokesperson African National Congress Enquiries: Keith Khoza 082 823 9672 Khusela Sangoni 072 854 5707 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
