Posts Tagged: South Africa Israel
South Africa Expected to Boycott Africa-Israel Summit in October
JNS.org - South Africa is expected to boycott a major Africa-Israel summit in Togo in October. The gathering will include leaders from 25-30 African nations. Organizers of...
South Africa’s ANC Party Hosts Hamas Despite Harsh Criticism From Israel
South Africa's ruling party hosted a rally in Cape Town for a top Hamas leader on Wednesday, capping off a controversial visit by pledging to...
South Africa’s ANC Party Urges Citizens Not to Travel to Israel
JNS.org - South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has urged its citizens not to travel to Israel unless it is to promote “solidarity...
South African Chief Rabbi: ANC is Playing Into Hamas’ Hands With Dual Citizenship Move
The ruling South African ANC party is playing into the hands of Islamic extremists like Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab in Africa, and Hamas in Gaza, declared...
South African Jewish Community: Dual Citizenship Ban Intends to Target IDF
JNS.org - South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) political party is considering a change in the country’s policy on dual citizenship. The South African Jewish...
The B in BDS Stands for Bull****
The issue of human rights is very alluring. It appeals to our conscience and sense of altruism, but what happens when organizations and individuals who...
Pro-Palestinian Group in South Africa Suspends Members for Visiting Israel
A pro-Palestinian student group in South Africa temporarily suspended some of its members who traveled to Israel with an 18-member delegation of young leaders, the organization said...
South Africa’s Shameful BDS Protest
The dance card had been completed before the ball began. Outside of the South Africa-Israel Expo, which took place in Johannesburg on Monday, everyone knew...
The CIA Tried to Recruit Hamas Spies
Spy cables reveal that the CIA attempted to interact with Hamas, despite U.S. government prohibitions on contact with the designated Palestinian terrorist organization, the Guardian reports. The...
South African Union Leader Calls for Violence Against Country’s Jews in Response to Gaza Civilian Deaths
JTA - A South African union leader wrote a Facebook post calling for "eye for an eye" attacks on Jewish communal officials in retribution for civilian deaths in...
The Atrocious Accusation of Israeli ‘Genocide’
JNS.org - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims Israel is carrying out "systematic genocide" in Gaza. South Africa's ruling party, the African National...
South African ANC Party Worker Praises Hitler in Post on Israel-Hamas Conflict
JNS.org - The social media manager of the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa's Western Cape province is under fire for posting an...
Wrong on Both Counts: Academic Boycotts and Israel
Statements rejecting calls for an academic boycott of Israel, such as that recently resolved by the academic American Studies Association, generally resort fully only to...
Tutu Constantly Tooting His Tuneless Flute
It occurs to me that Desmond Tutu's obsession with and hate of Israel, always couched in politically correct human rights jargon and clichés, might have...
