The South African Communist Party on Friday organized a protest in support of Palestine in front of the US consulate in Sandton suburb in Johannesburg city.
Hundreds were present in the protest in which a letter of demands was delivered asking the US president Donald Trump to backtrack on his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and immediately cancel his plan to transfer the US embassy in Israel to the holy city.
They called on the US administration to respect the understandings and agreements reached regarding the two-state solution and exert more efforts to achieve a final solution to the conflict.
They also asked the US to stop selling weapons which Israel uses to commit war crimes against the Palestinian civilians pressure Israel to lift the siege on Gaza recognize the Palestinians’ rights to freedom independence and return remove the separation wall and end all forms of apartheid in the Palestinian territories.
Deputy secretary general of the South African Communist Party Solly Mapaila affirmed that his party will continue to organize similar protests until all these just demands are achieved.
The protest included a series of activities in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails especially children and Ahed al-Tamimi.
