Speech by fighter Carl Niehaus at the mass protest for Gaza in unity of the oppressed, on Saturday the 6th of April 2026
8 April 2024
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) strongly supports this MASS PROTEST in support of the long suffering people of Gaza, and the whole of Palestine. There can no doubt that the ongoing war that Apartheid Israel is waging against the people of Palestine is mainly directed at unarmed civilians, and the most vulnerable and defenceless women and children. The Butcher, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his Cabinet of war criminals, have through their own racist warmongering statements indicated that it is their intention to wipe out the whole Palestinian nation. There is no doubt that they are War Criminals, and that Apartheid Israel is committing genocide.
Therefore the EFF has come out in full support, and defence, of the people of Palestine, and continues to call that South Africa must take the strongest possible action against the Apartheid State of Israel. That is why our President and Commander In Chief, Commander Julius Malema, in his capacity as a Member of Parliament (MP), last year tabled a Motion in the National Assembly that all diplomatic relations with Israel must be severed, and that the Embassy of Apartheid Israel must immediately be closed down by the South Africa Government.
That motion was adopted with an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly, but up to now President Ramaphosa has insisted that it is his executive prerogative to make the final decision, and he has not closed down the Israeli Embassy. This is hypocritical, and a totally untenable and unacceptable situation, and the EFF once again demands that the Embassy of Apartheid Israel must be closed down RIGHT NOW!
The EFF supports the case that the South African Government brought against the State of Apartheid Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and welcomed the Provisional Measures of Protection that the ICJ handed down against Israel. The most important of which were a call for an immediate cease fire, and that Isreal was ordered to refrain from any acts that could fall under the Genocide Convention, and to ensure that its troops commit no genocidal acts against Palestinians.