Posted on 02/04/2009 8:40:07 AM PST by SmithL
JOHANNESBURG, (AP) --
South African dock workers won't unload ships carrying goods from Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians, a union leader said Wednesday.
Randall Howard, general secretary of the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union, said it appeared a ship carrying goods from Israel was nearing Durban's port. If once the ship docks its cargo is determined to be Israeli, he said, union workers won't unload it.
"We will make that contribution," he said. "The historic and heroic struggle of the Palestinian people for self-determination ... is a struggle that SATAWU supports."
Last year, South African dock and freight workers refused to unload a ship carrying weapons for Zimbabwe to protest Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's rule of the neighboring country. In the case of Israeli goods, Howard said, it did not matter whether they were weapons of vegetables.
"If it's an Israeli product, we're going to boycott it, plain and simple," he said.
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Their all just spineless
“in solidarity with the Palestinians”
blacks are the most racist people, as we discovered in the voting between 0 & hillary.
this is just more racism
The Palestinians already have self determination. Right now they're just determined to kill Jews.
With an AIDS rate at about 40% of the population....South Africa has a lot more to worry about than Israel...
Fortunately for the Israelis....this boycott will not last long. Most of South Africa will be dead in a year or two.
Of course...the Globalist Anti-Semite crowd will blame it all on Israel
I hope South Africa does not have any kind of natural disaster, as the 2 countries that give the most support is the US and Israel
“South Africa has a lot more to worry about than Israel...”
It’s easier to rant and rave at more successful people than improve your own lot. The South Africans have been coddled since day one that apartheid ended.
“Most of South Africa will be dead in a year or two.”
And populated by the Chinese. Anyway, I wonder why anyone bothers with Africa anymore? All the Israelis need to do is find another location to dock their goods.
If the stuff was aid for the starving population, I hope that those selfish snots eat it and find it full of worms.
“The Palestinians already have self determination. Right now they’re just determined to kill Jews.”
Succinctly put.
South African dock workers are racist scum.
Didn’t know that South African blacks were as supportive of the people who enslaved and continue to enslave their other African brothers as are many diluded American blacks.
“Didn’t know that South African blacks were as supportive of the people who enslaved and continue to enslave their other African brothers as are many diluded American blacks.”
absolutely. the stuff that happens in sudan is just disgusting
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