South Africa ruling party joins Apartheid Week, slams ‘increased Israeli racism’

14 March 2018, 3:30 pm

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South Africa’s ruling party endorses Israel Apartheid Week, accusing the Jewish state of “increased targeting of Palestinian children” and “increased Israeli racism against Africans.”

In a statement posted on Twitter, the African National Congress says it will join the 14th annual event “as part of our ongoing work and commitment to the heroic people of Palestine.”

The party calls the detention of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi an “extreme and unacceptable abuse of child rights, human rights and international law,” and says it was “not[ing] with great concern the increased Israeli racism against Africans.”