Representatives of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) addressed students at University of Cape Town (UCT) via video message during an “Israeli Apartheid Week 2023” event held on Monday by the Palestine Solidarity Forum (PSF).
Images of the event, as well as advertisements for it, were obtained by The Algemeiner. PIJ representative Nasser Abu Sharif and Hamas representative Khaled Qadomi, both of whom represent their organizations in Iran, gave remarks. PSF group also displayed the flags of Hamas and Hezbollah in the room where the event took place.
Hamas and PIJ both are listed are designated as terrorist organizations by Australia, Canada, the European Union, Israel, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
On Monday, the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) spokesperson Rolene Marks told The Algemeiner that the event was “shameless” and promoted extremism.
“Our universities should be places of rational debate and inclusive engagement, not hostile environments which encourage the dissemination of propaganda from extremist organizations such as Hamas,” Marks said. “Places of learning in South Africa must be clear on the dangers of incitement hosting speakers who would call for the discrimination, annihilation, and destruction of Jewish people, as a result of their race.”
Marks added that SAZF “condemns the PSF for encouraging the discriminatory, racist, and extremist political ideologies of Hamas and the oppressive regime of Iran on South African campuses” and called on the university to join it.
Source: The Algemeiner
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