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Embassy of Palestine, Press Release, Pretoria, 5 March 2015 BDS and IAW The Palestinian Embassy in South Africa is aware that Bassem Eid claiming to be a human rights activist is currently in South Africa as a guest of the pro-Israeli lobby. The agenda of this visitor, it would seem, is to undermine the current nationwide 11th international Palestine solidarity campaign "Israeli Apartheid Week". The so called activist also attempts to discredit the South African human rights organisation BDS South Africa. We wish to set the record straight, this person does not represent the Palestinian Embassy in South Africa nor the Government of Palestine. In fact, we condemn the childish efforts by the Israeli lobby to try to undermine IAW by employing the expired tactic of using discredited and unrepresentative voices. Many Palestinians when they hear the words of Bassem Eid they feel ashamed, we distance ourselves from this man and what he represents. The Embassy of the State of Palestine wants to state it categorically that we fully support and appreciate all the Palestine solidarity organisations in this country, the BDS campaign and specifically Israeli Apartheid Week. The Embassy would like to confirm that Eid's approach of blaming the victim does not help the Palestinian interest in any way. The Palestinian Embassy in South Africa is proud to be one of the participants in this year's Israeli Apartheid Week campaign which has the support and endorsement of over 85 South African organisations including SA's ruling party, the ANC. But we are confident that the South African people will see through this Israeli ploy as Apartheid South Africa also sent "good blacks" to whitewash Apartheid's crimes. Likewise Eid (and Gabriel Nadaf) are being used to whitewash Israel's Apartheid policies. Thank you to all peace loving South Africans that have taken to the streets and onto their University campuses during this international campaign and pledging solidarity with Palestine and her people, we have no doubt that one day (soon) all Palestinian refugees will return home to a free Palestine. Representatives from the Palestinian Embassy will be speaking at various BDS South Africa hosted Israeli Apartheid Week events including the some events with SA Government officials from the ANC. End Tamer ALMASSRI Media & Culture Officer Embassy of the State of Palestine 809 Government Avenue, Arcadia, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa P. O Box 56021, Arcadia, 0007 Tel: +27 12 342 6411 Fax: +27 12 342 6412 Cell: +27 79 702 7303 -- -- 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.
