South African government must act urgently to end apartheid Israel’s ethnic cleansing
13 October 2023
BDS Coalition demands that SA government stop Israel's ethnic cleansing with its military decree, released at midnight on Friday 13th October 2023, that 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza evacuate to Southern area of the Gaza Strip
The BDS Coalition has been contacted by our member, Professor Haidar Eid, a South African-Palestinian living and teaching in Gaza, to say at midnight last night, Israel broadcasted an instruction order to 1.1 million Palestinians trapped in their northern part of Gaza to leave the rooms that Israel had confined them to and effectively walk 35 kilometres to the Southern area of the Gaza Strip.
The Eid family together with others, is currently taking refuge in Northern Gaza after their apartment was bombed by Israel earlier this week. They are among the millions of Palestinians who, after their apartments were bombed to the ground, were instructed by Israel not to leave whichever rooms they found shelter in. This was prior to last night's midnight military instruction decree.
The 1.1 million Palestinians, many of whom are severely injured, disabled or children, or elderly people, have been given the impossible task of somehow finding their way to Southern Gaza on foot by midnight tonight without food or water, while bombs continue to rain down around them. There are another 1.1 million Palestinians already in Southern Gaza who already have no water, food, electricity or medication.