About 300 people protested outside the City of Johannesburg Council Chambers in Braamfontein, yesterday, against the proposed renaming of Sandton Drive after Leila Khaled, a Palestinian activist who took part in plane hijackings in the 1960s and 70s and was linked with the massacre of Christian pilgrims in Israel in […]
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SAZF urges government to act against ‘unlawful’ plan to rename Sandton Drive after hijacker
Thousands of citizens express opposition to controversial renaming proposal The South African Zionist Federation has submitted a complaint to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, arguing that a plan to name a Johannesburg street after Palestinian plane hijacker Leila Khaled violates domestic and international law, reports JNS. The City […]