Dockworkers downed tools and refused to offload cargo from an Israeli boat.

The dockworkers refused to offload the cargo in protest over the ongoing conflict in Israel in Palestine.

The boat in question is the Zim Shanghai which is owned by an Israeli company called Zim Lines.

Local dockworkers refuse to offload cargo from Israeli ship in solidarity with Palestine

Local dockworkers have downed tools in protest over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Photo credit: @AfroPal_ForumSource: Twitter

The boat docked in Durban on Wednesday.

Gaza streets were filled with cheers as Palestinians celebrated the sound of fireworks instead of bombs and grenades.

It was there that he spoke toFrance24and compared Israel to an ‘apartheid state.’

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