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/ 1 September 2004

Overcoming prejudices

Recently, Jewish Voices South Africa and the Palestinian Solidarity Committee organised a joint placard demonstration. The protest was a festive and peaceful affair that attracted people from diverse organisations and walks of life. Our joint action, the first between a Jewish organisation with established roots in the Jewish community and a Palestinian solidarity movement, was motivated by several imperatives.

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/ 13 July 2004

A compelling vision of Palestine

The South African government recently hosted a United Nations conference on the Inalienable Rights of Palestinians. It was unfortunate that the government of Israel chose not to send a delegation. The tone for the conference was set by President Thabo Mbeki’s opening address. This was not going to be a furious affair with wild denunciations of the state of Israel, and especially not of its right to exist.

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/ 27 February 2004

A just peace in Israel-Palestine

The first time I went to Israel, in January 2004, I had been invited to participate in a conference hosted by the Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace. What would I find? I did not, nor do I, believe that the idea of a Jewish state was motivated by colonial desires. There is no future for Israel as an exclusively Jewish state, writes Ivor Chipkin.