OPINION: Mike Berger says SA is lagging far behind Israel – the state that ANC activists love to hate… On the 13 June Faiez Jacobs (Secretary for the ANC, Western Cape) published an unusually cynical letter (DA seems to be dependent on funds from Israel) in the Cape Times, even for the infallibly low-scoring ANC.…
“ANC spokesman Yonela Diko labelled Zille a “Jew supporter”: “We are appealing to her. Although she sides with the Jews we side with palestine.” That gem of political comment from the governing party was taken from a Cape Argus article (22 Oct) headlined “ANC slams Zille for not welcoming organisation”. What organisation you may ask?…
The current tactics used by anti-Israel groups and especially with the support of senior members of the ANC and government is counter-productive. Instead of building trust through a more nuanced and balanced approach, distrust is guaranteed by applying raw aggressive and unsophisticated tactics. It is understandable that South Africa’s tri-partite alliance will side with the…
The SA Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) and the SA Zionist Federation deplore and condemn in the strongest terms the statement on the current conflict in Gaza issued earlier today by ANC Deputy Secretary General Jessie Duarte. Such naked invective is something one expects to find only on the more extreme wing of the anti-Israel…