BDS SA.png Press Statement, 17 November 2015 Warrants of arrest issued by South Africa against four Israeli commanders South Africa's Directorate of the Priority Crimes Investigation Unit (DPCIU) has issued warrants of arrest against four Israeli commanders from the Israeli Navy and Israeli Defence Force (IDF). The warrants of arrest follow the four Israeli commanders involvement in the 2010 Israeli attacks on the Mavi Marmara aid ship. The Israeli attacks led to the deaths of 9 humanitarian activists. The warrants of arrest have been issued against: 1. Rau Aluf Gabriel Ashkenazi, Chief of General Staff 2. Eliezer Alfred Marom, Naval Forces Commander 3. Avishay Levi, Head of Airforce intelligence 4. Amos Yadlin, Major General Chief of IDF Military Intelligence This decision follows a four year long case involving a South African journalist, Ms. Gadija Davids, who was on board the Mavi Marmara when it was attacked in 2010. Davids laid her first complaint with the South African Police Services and South Africa's National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) in January 2011. In November 2012, South Africa's Priority Crimes Litigation Unit (of the National Prosecuting Agency), found that the case met the necessary jurisdictional requirements and that reasonable grounds exist to investigate the alleged crimes that were committed during the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara (which had one South African citizen, Gadija Davids, as a passenger). Attorney Ziyad Patel, representing Ms Davids, said in a joint press statement issued earlier today that:"These [Israeli] commanders will be arrested upon entry into the Republic of South Africa. An arrest alert notice in this regard was circulated to the South African Border Control system on 3 September 2015." This decision sets an important legal international law precedent. The specialised units of the SAPS, the NPA and South African Government should be commended for the issuing of these warrants of arrest. It is in line with our international law obligations. The human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa welcomes this important legal precedent. We commend the South African organisations who have been at the forefront of this legal campaign: the MRN, MLA and PSA as well as the larger Palestine solidarity movement. Israel must be held accountable for its violations of international law and acts of war crimes. Issued by Kwara Kekana on Behalf of BDS South Africa For More Information Contact: Kwara Kekana: 074 054 3826 Gadija Davids: 078 452 2328 Zakir Mayet: 084 786 4003 BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT AND SANCTIONS AGAINST ISRAEL IN SOUTH AFRICA (BDS SOUTH AFRICA) 10s Floor | 23 Jorisson Street | Braamfontein Centre | Braamfontein | Johannesburg PO Box 2318 | Houghton | 2041 | Johannesburg T: <tel:%2B27%20%280%29%2011%20403%202097> +27 (0) 11 403 2097 | M: <tel:%2B27%20%280%29%2074%20054%203826> +27 (0) 74 054 3826 | F: <tel:%2B27%20%280%29%2086%20650%204836> +27 (0) 86 650 4836 W: <http://t.ymlp239.com/qqwearaeeyujadaubeadabyhww/click.php> www.bdssouthafrica.com | E: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <http://t.ymlp239.com/qqwmaraeeyujaaaubeafabyhww/click.php> www.facebook.com/bdssouthafrica | <http://t.ymlp239.com/qqwjavaeeyujadaubeaaabyhww/click.php> www.twitter.com/bdssouthafrica BDS South Africa is a registered Non-Profit Organization. NPO NUMBER: 084 306 NPO BDS South Africa is a registered Public Benefit Organisation with Section 18A status. PBO NUMBER: 930 037 446 -- -- 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.
