Cancellation of South African Water Conference with Israeli Ambassador as Panelist
Monday, February 15, 2016 11:13
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15 February 2016
- The human rights and Palestine solidarity organisation BDS South Africa welcomes news of the cancellation of an upcoming water conference that was to be hosted by the prominent South African weekly, the Mail & Guardian, which would have had the Israeli Ambassador Arthur Lenk as a panellist.
We furthermore welcome a) the pledge by some of the sponsors and organisers that if ever a similar event is organised in future that it will not include the Israeli Ambassador to South Africa; and b) the assertion by South Africa’s Ministry of Water Affairs and Sanitation that it had nothing to do with the conference in the first instance.
The now cancelled water conference was due to take place later this month, on the 26th of February, but drew much criticism because of its intended inclusion of the Israeli Ambassador as a speaker.
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