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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has renewed its call for a boycott of Israel during a demonstration with Muslim organizations in Cape Town in late October, the South African IOL news website reported.

COSATU is South Africa's largest trade union, with a membership of 1.8 million, and is also represented in South Africa's government,
beingone of three members of the 'tripartite alliance.' The alliance also includes the ANC ruling party, and the South African Communist Party.

According to the report, the march was attended by "militant Muslim group Qibla and COSATU," and the union's representative reiterated acall to boycott Israel. The marchers also submitted a memorandum to
the South African foreign minister, which said Israel was an "illegitimate, terrorist state, racist, expansionist and chauvinistic and has no right to exist."

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