War Criminals Not Welcome In South Africa !
The Palestine Solidarity Committee supports the position taken by Zackie Achmat and Jonathan Shapiro in their call to Jewish organisation Limmud to withdraw its invitation for war criminal David Benjamin to speak at its events next week. We also support Achmat's call on people who support justice to withdraw their participation if Benjamin remains on the
programme. In particular, we call on those who stand for human rights and social justice – especially within the legal fraternity – to be consistent in their positions.
South African-born Lieutenant-Colonel David Benjamin, who obtained his law degree from the University of Cape Town, has worked for the Israeli Occupation Forces for the past 17 years. He is currently in the Military Advocates Corps, which provides legal advice to the Israeli Army. Benjamin has been credited with giving the Israeli army the legal go-ahead for the use of white phosphorous in its attacks against Gaza in December 2008-January 2009. Israel's use of white phosphorous in Gaza is illegal under international law; the Geneva Convention bars its use against civilian targets.
Benjamin is also guilty for all the war crimes committed during the Gaza massacre, by his own admission. He told Bloomberg News that the Gaza "campaign was a long time in the works, and we [the Military Advocates Corps] were intimately involved in the planning ... Approval of targets which can be attacked, methods of warfare – it all has gone through us". Thus, Benjamin bears responsibility for the attacks against civilian targets, the massacre of more than a thousand civilians including hundreds of children, the bombing of universities, and of United Nations offices and schools.
John Ging, a United Nations official in Gaza, said that Israel had deliberately targeted five schools run by the UN Relief and Works Agency, killing scores of civilians. And, according to Human Rights Watch : "Israel's use of heavy artillery in residential areas of Gaza City violates the prohibition under the laws of war against indiscriminate attacks". All credible humanitarian and human rights organisations, including Amnesty International, and the Red Cross, and respected individuals such as the professors of law Richard Falk and our own John Dugard, also condemned these actions as war crimes.
All of these actions are war crimes under international law, and Benjamin is, therefore, a war criminal. South Africans should feel outraged to have such a war criminal visiting our country, with the express purpose, according to Limmud, of providing South African audiences with the Israeli army's justification for their war crimes. The arrogant refusal by Limmud organisers to respond positively to Achmat's and Shapiro's request perhaps suggests their support of these war crimes.
Thieves Not Allowing Dead To Rest In Peace
Vandals have stripped the jewish temple at the Muizenberg [Western Cape] cemetery virtually bare - even making off with the burglar bars installed to protect it [you know something is wrong when temples are burglar-proofed]. Sigmund Saffer, president of the Muizenberg jew-spookcraft congregation, said the spook house had to be demolished as anything that could be removed, had been stolen. He said some people had even used the two ceremonial basins [whatever that is] in front of the spook house to clean their fish. ;D
Now mourners have to bring their own 20 litre barrels of water to wash their hands during burial ceremonies [should have thought of that before your kike buddies put the anc in power]. Saffer said the temple, or tahara hall, was built in the early 1920s. "In those days bodies were brought here to be prepared for burial". But now, the bodies were prepared elsewhere and only the coffin was brought to the temple which used to be able to accommodate between 30 and 40 people.
Saffer said the vandalism had been relentless over the past few years. [he should go have a look on White farms before crying about some ghost hall] He said thieves broke in and stole the copper piping and 3m high teak doors. "People started camping on the verandah around the temple so we put in a trellis door to try to stop that, but they stole that as well". Saffer said the only thing that could not be stolen was the concrete dome roof. "It was beyond a joke. The insurers were laughing and so were the cops". He said that fixing the temple became too expensive so it was decided to demolish the structure. The new plan is to build a concrete platform with a vandal-proof roof for mourners to use when they bury their loved ones. But, until then, mourners just have to make do.
Susan Brice, cemetery co-ordinator in Cape Town's parks department, said the city was unable to provide 24-hour security at its cemeteries as the cost would be prohibitive. Larger cemeteries, she said, were more vulnerable to criminal activities such as theft and vandalism as surveillance was difficult and misconduct was less likely to be observed by neighbouring residents. Brice said the city was considering vehicle patrols of the larger cemeteries, either by its own law enforcement department or by private security companies. Another option being considered was security lighting using solar-powered lights because of cable theft.
She said that cemetery gates had been replaced and upgraded to prevent entry at night and staff had been asked to lock the gates of cemeteries overnight. Brice said metal plaques had been removed from memorials in various cemeteries. Granite slabs as well as electricity cables and light fittings had also been stolen. She said they now suggested to people to consider plastic (brass look-alike) plates and lettering on memorial works and to avoid installing railings around graves.
Source : Cape Argus
12 Jews Honored On African Stamps As Apartheid FightersNo points for guessing what all these Jews had in common ...
Quote1] Helen Suzman - Visiting political prisoners was only one example; opposing capital punishment and arguing against the banning of the Communist Party and the banning and other restrictions imposed on individuals and organizations were others.
2] Eli Weinberg - Weinberg was found guilty of being a member of the Central Committee of the underground SACP, and was sentenced to five years imprisonment.
3] Esther Barsel - She was a member of both her local African National Congress branch and the SACP's Johannesburg Central Branch.
4] Hymie Barsel - In April 1938, whilst at the Germiston Town Hall in a meeting for the Communist Party, Hymie was attacked by the "Black Shirts" (another Fascist organization), a group who had a vested interest in maintaining discrimination and oppression against black South Africans.
5] Yetta Barenblatt - Five years later, in 1967, she was banned again and restricted to the magisterial area of Johannesburg. Barenblatt was married to Morris Barenblatt, a communist, war veteran and a member of the Jewish Workers Club, which fought for better conditions for Jewish workers.
6] Ray Alexander Simons - Five days later, on 11 November 1929, after meeting Cissie Gool and lifelong friend John Gomas, she joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), aged 16.
7] Baruch Hirson - A few years later Hirson became a member of Fourth International Organization of South Africa (FIOSA), and started studying Marxist literature.
8] Norma Kitson - As a member of the technical unit of the illegal South African Communist Party, she also carried out other missions for Umkhonto we Sizwe.
9] Ruth First - In 1949 First married Joe Slovo, a lawyer and labor organizer and, like her, a Communist.
10] Hilda Bernstein - By 1940, becoming increasingly aware of Apartheid, she left for the Communist Party, the only organization with no racial segregation.
11] Lionel "Rusty" Bernstein - In 1937 he joined the Labour League of Youth and later joined the Communist Party where he soon played a leading role.
12] Ronald Segal - Round his bridge table could be found Peter Jay, Mark Boxer and Hugh Stephenson, while his poker mainstay was the Jewish Marxist - Joe Slovo.
... and then they still wonder why people dislike them. That the Jews "honour" these communists as "legendary heroes" just goes to show who are the masters of this brutal system
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