Wendell Roelf | Cape Town, South Africa
20 May 2004 15:51
The Cape Town Anti-War Coalition (ATC) called on the South African government on Thursday to expel the Israeli ambassador as well as cut all trade and diplomatic ties with Israel, which it accuses of "ethic cleansing".
The ATC will be supporting a protest before the gates of Parliament on Friday, the day President Thabo Mbeki is to deliver his State of the Nation address.
"The main focus has been to do something ... and we must target the South African government," said ATC Western Cape chairperson Shaheed Mahomed.
Mahomed said the South African government is propping up the state of Israel, with, for example, continual weapons sales to the United States and Britain.
"The South African government is the lackey of imperialism," charged Mahomed.
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