03:08Thousands rallied outside the parliament building in Cape Town on Saturday to call on the South African government to completely cut ties with Israel, a day before the one-year anniversary of the war in Gaza.
"Sanction, divest, boycott. Don't give validation to an apartheid state. It's very clear to us here in South Africa what's happening," said one demonstrator.
"It is difficult for anybody to just go to sleep, not thinking about the people that are suffering, not thinking about those people that have been killed every day," another added.
Footage shows protesters chanting while rallying with banners reading 'South African Jews for a Free Palestine' and 'Murdered by the apartheid state of Israel.' Protesters can also be seen waving the flags of Palestine, Congo and Iran and holding up banners of deceased Hezbollah and Hamas leaders.
Hamas and Hezbollah have been designated 'terrorist' groups by Israel, the United States and some of their closest allies.
The march was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), which called upon South Africa to adopt laws that would enforce the United Nations International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.
South Africa took Israel to the International Court of Justice in January, accusing the country of 'genocide' in Gaza, which the country strongly denies. A preliminary ruling in that case called on Israel to 'prevent genocide', among other measures.
Similar protests in support of Palestine took place across the world on Saturday to stand in solidarity with civilians in Gaza on International Day of Action.
The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza broke out on October 7 after the Palestinian group launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel, killing 1,139 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping over 200, according to Israeli officials.
In the Gaza Strip, Israel launched a large-scale response of airstrikes and a ground incursion. Palestinian officials reported that 41,870 people had been killed and more than 97,000 injured at the time of publication.
'Don't give validation to an apartheid state' - Thousands gather around Cape Town parliament in support of Palestine on Gaza war anniversary
Thousands rallied outside the parliament building in Cape Town on Saturday to call on the South African government to completely cut ties with Israel, a day before the one-year anniversary of the war in Gaza.
"Sanction, divest, boycott. Don't give validation to an apartheid state. It's very clear to us here in South Africa what's happening," said one demonstrator.
"It is difficult for anybody to just go to sleep, not thinking about the people that are suffering, not thinking about those people that have been killed every day," another added.
Footage shows protesters chanting while rallying with banners reading 'South African Jews for a Free Palestine' and 'Murdered by the apartheid state of Israel.' Protesters can also be seen waving the flags of Palestine, Congo and Iran and holding up banners of deceased Hezbollah and Hamas leaders.
Hamas and Hezbollah have been designated 'terrorist' groups by Israel, the United States and some of their closest allies.
The march was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), which called upon South Africa to adopt laws that would enforce the United Nations International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.
South Africa took Israel to the International Court of Justice in January, accusing the country of 'genocide' in Gaza, which the country strongly denies. A preliminary ruling in that case called on Israel to 'prevent genocide', among other measures.
Similar protests in support of Palestine took place across the world on Saturday to stand in solidarity with civilians in Gaza on International Day of Action.
The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza broke out on October 7 after the Palestinian group launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel, killing 1,139 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping over 200, according to Israeli officials.
In the Gaza Strip, Israel launched a large-scale response of airstrikes and a ground incursion. Palestinian officials reported that 41,870 people had been killed and more than 97,000 injured at the time of publication.
Thousands rallied outside the parliament building in Cape Town on Saturday to call on the South African government to completely cut ties with Israel, a day before the one-year anniversary of the war in Gaza.
"Sanction, divest, boycott. Don't give validation to an apartheid state. It's very clear to us here in South Africa what's happening," said one demonstrator.
"It is difficult for anybody to just go to sleep, not thinking about the people that are suffering, not thinking about those people that have been killed every day," another added.
Footage shows protesters chanting while rallying with banners reading 'South African Jews for a Free Palestine' and 'Murdered by the apartheid state of Israel.' Protesters can also be seen waving the flags of Palestine, Congo and Iran and holding up banners of deceased Hezbollah and Hamas leaders.
Hamas and Hezbollah have been designated 'terrorist' groups by Israel, the United States and some of their closest allies.
The march was organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), which called upon South Africa to adopt laws that would enforce the United Nations International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.
South Africa took Israel to the International Court of Justice in January, accusing the country of 'genocide' in Gaza, which the country strongly denies. A preliminary ruling in that case called on Israel to 'prevent genocide', among other measures.
Similar protests in support of Palestine took place across the world on Saturday to stand in solidarity with civilians in Gaza on International Day of Action.
The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza broke out on October 7 after the Palestinian group launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel, killing 1,139 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping over 200, according to Israeli officials.
In the Gaza Strip, Israel launched a large-scale response of airstrikes and a ground incursion. Palestinian officials reported that 41,870 people had been killed and more than 97,000 injured at the time of publication.