Reaching out to countries in need is a long-standing Israeli tradition. Emergency teams went to Turkey after an earthquake in 1999, and again in 2011, even though Turkey initially declined twice because of eroding relations between the two countries. Israel sent a large team to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, and in March 2011, it […]
Israel was there’ to repair’ There was a joke going around: “0.1/% of the world’s population is Israeli 30% of the international medical team in Nepal was Israeli. Will the UN condemn Israel’s “disproportionate response”?” The true nature of today’s ‘War against the Jews’ was aptly expressed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in May […]
What’s to eat in Israel? Just about everything. Israel today is a cosmopolitan country attracting tourists from all over the world. So, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Thai cuisine is available as are European tastes – French, Italian, English – and eastern European such as Bulgarian and Russian – and off course – top steak and hamburger […]
Norman Lurie is most remembered as the founder of the Habonim Movement in South Africa. While studying at university in the UK in the late twenties, Norman heard a young man like himself, Wellesley Aron, speak about starting a Jewish youth movement in the poor East End of London. So inspired, Norman returned to South […]
I am a South African Jew. I was born in a country that provided shelter to my grandparents as they fled the death of Hitler’s Europe. Where Jews were to be tolerated. But where it was better than the alternative. I was born in a country where violent summer storms punctuated my childhood and where […]
From Westair to El Al. While the South Africans, through the “Peltours Mail” maintained the State-on-the way’s postal links with the outside world, other South Africans established air links between South Africa and the emerging state of Israel. Westair, a fully-fledged airline, owned and operated by the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) became the foundation […]
A succinct rebuttal for the charge against Israel and its dealings with South Africa during the apartheid era.
Originally published on Israel Hayom. International Women’s Day, which will be marked worldwide on Wednesday, March 8, is of paramount significance and impact to all women. On this day, we should celebrate the growing presence of women in key positions, as well as stress the fact that, like many systems and organizations, the Israel Defense […]
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Celebrating South African and Israeli women!
The relationship between Israel and South Africa has become politically charged and heavily misunderstood from the South African side. It seems to come mostly from the heavy influence of hatred and misinformation from the BDS movement entrenched in the country and its government. The Facts Let’s get a big misconception out of the way first. […]
