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February 6, 2009

South African Dock Workers Boycott Israeli Ships
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As Israel blocks aid ships from reaching Gaza, dock workers in South
Africa are refusing to unload Israeli goods at their ports. The South
African Transport and Allied Workers Union says it will no longer unload
Israeli ships in solidarity with Palestinians. Last year, South African
dock workers refused to unload a Zimbabwe weapons shipment in protest of
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.



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