Posts Tagged: South Africa Israel
‘Settler Terrorists’: Academic Smears South African Jewish Community
Writing in the South African Daily Maverick, Alexander O’Riordan makes some bizarre and unfounded claims concerning the relationship between the South African Jewish community and...
South African Outlet Goes After Israel, Gives Voice to Radical Boycott Group
After being called out by HonestReporting for publishing blatant propaganda and outright misinformation on several occasions, it would appear that South African news site Independent...
Citing Alleged ‘Apartheid,’ South African Parliament Votes to Downgrade Diplomatic Relations With Israel
South Africa's parliament voted on Tuesday to approve the downgrading of diplomatic ties with Israel, in a move seen as having little legislative but important...
South African Press Wages Anti-Israel Smear Campaign Over Miss Universe Pageant
The whipped-up controversy over the upcoming Miss Universe beauty pageant being held in Israel took another turn this week, when the South African government announced it...
‘Fight Racism, Not Jews’: Pro-Israel South Africans Demonstrate on 20th Anniversary of UN’s Durban Conference
A group of South African pro-Israel activists have held a demonstration against antisemitism in Durban to mark the twentieth anniversary in that city of the...
‘Our History Has Been Stolen From Us’: How South African Community Organizer Clive Mashishi Confronts Antisemitism, Holocaust Denial and Hatred of Israel
"Our history has been stolen from us," Clive Mashishi protested, as he described the various attempts in his native South Africa to tar Israel as...
South Africa’s Chief Justice Confronts the Apartheid Analogy
JNS.org - As of this writing, South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng was on day seven of a 10-day deadline to publicly apologize for a...
Despite Political Adversity, Vast Majority of South African Jews Strongly Attached to Zionism and Israel, New Survey Finds
South Africa's Jewish community remains deeply tied to Israel in the face of a wider political environment marked by hostility toward the Jewish state, a...
Legendary South African Jewish Journalist and Opponent of BDS to Receive Country’s Top Award
South Africa's most famous Jewish journalist will receive one of the country's highest honors in recognition of his work across several decades, local media reported...
In South Africa, One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
JNS.org - “Not as much as we had hoped, but we have advanced nonetheless!” With these words, the “Palestine Solidarity Forum” of South Africa last...
‘This Is Our Heritage,’ Zulu King Declares Following Emotional Visit to Israel
A descendant of Shaka kaSenzangakhona -- the legendary 19th-century Southern African king more commonly known as Shaka Zulu -- has returned from a visit to Israel with a...
South African Government Mocked for Calling on Israel to Withdraw Troops From Gaza
The South African government became a laughing stock on Twitter on Thursday after it called on Israel to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, even though...
Is Refusing Israeli Help Worth a Drought?
Is refusing Israeli help worth a drought? According to South Africa’s Rumana Akoob, writing in the Daily Vox and Mail & Guardian, the answer is (apparently): yes. It’s a horrible...
The More Things Change: The South Africa Calumny
In the ancient days of campus battles on Israel, we did not have to contend with annual Israel hate weeks. Still, the situation was not...
