We are super grateful that the amazing Kelly Gillespie has agreed to represent South African Jews for a Free Palestine – SAJFP in a Robben Island-Palestine relay swim on South Africa’s Freedom Day, because our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of Palestine.
As Anti-Zionists we believe that we are safest if we build, through solidarity, where we are, with all of those interested in liberation for all. As a Friend of SAJFP, Kelly has walked with us before and since 7 October and we admire her bravery to face the cold waters that surround Robben Island and Cape Town as a way of challenging prisons in the sea, and the open air prisons across the seas.
Please consider donating to Gift of the Givers to get resources and aid directly to Palestine – here is the link: https://www.givengain.com/project/kelly-raising-funds-for-gift-of-the-givers-102146
Gift of the Givers also does the urgent work of providing water, food, and health resources across South Africa, because we know that Freedom Day means little in the face of ongoing apartheid land dispossession, homelessness, and hunger.