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Tuesday 28th April 2015
‘Israel’s ban on the visit of a South African cabinet minister to the
occupied West Bank has stirred up a diplomatic row and given a boost to
the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign.
Shortly before higher education minister Blade Nzimande was due to
lead a delegation to visit Birzeit University near Ramallah and discuss
academic cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, the Israeli embassy
in Pretoria denied him a visa.
“The Israeli government is trying by all means to hide their
atrocities against the Palestinian people, and minimize the number of
people who can actually see what is happening on the ground,” Nzimande
told South Africa’s Independent Media on Thursday.’
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