*YCLSA Press Statement*
November 05, 2013 *YCLSA** supports ANC-led government in its “slowing down” of relations with Apartheid Israel* The Young Communist League of South Africa [uFasimba] supports the ANC-led government in its "slowing down" of relations with Apartheid Israel. In fact, relations with the Apartheid State of Israel should be terminated altogether! When the rest of the world was imposing boycotts and sanctions against South Africa during the 1980s, the USA and Israel were the last allies of Apartheid South Africa (supplying weapons, including building nuclear weapons with Apartheid South Africa). The position of the Israeli parliamentarian, Avigdor Liberman, that South Africa is anti-Jewish is false. South Africans, in their numbers, are anti the policies of discrimination and racism practised by Israel against the indigenous Palestinians, and, increasingly, practised by Israel against Africans. However, our position against Israel does not make us anti-Jewish. We have had and still have, for example, principled Jewish comrades that speak out against Israeli Apartheid including Joe Slovo, Ronnie Kasrils, Denis Goldberg and several others. In fact, solidarity with the Palestinians has brought South African Jews, Muslims, Communists and all other peace-loving people together, not apart. The YCLSA stands proud, as one of the many organisations in South Africa, behind the Palestinian struggle for self-determination. The ANC, SACP, COSATU, ANC Youth League, SASCO and several other South African organisations have a long standing commitment to the Palestinian people. The Palestinians will overcome, like we overcame; and an end to Israeli apartheid will be a step towards a more peaceful world. Finally, the Israeli lobby in South Africa will try to arrange back-door meetings and pressure our South African government to bow down to Israeli and USA imperial interests. We say to them, your pressures will not work, simply because the South African government is led by the ANC and the ANC is voted-in by the majority of our people. The ANC's policies in turn reflect the majority of South Africa, not one or other lobby group. Issued by the YCLSA Head Office For more information contact: Khaya Xaba YCLSA National Spokesperson Cell: 071 115 4619 Tel: 011 339 3621 Website: www.ycl.org.za @YCLSA @chedetachment -- -- 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/groups/opt_out.
