News from Israel~Week of March 18
A sampling of news stories reported in Israel and South Africa for the week of March 18, 2018. From Nuclear to Passover to Pianists, it is an eclectic but always interesting mix.
UNfair – True voice on human rights silenced
The UN and Amnesty International have unfair standards for Israel and are hypocritical in their silencing and banning orders.
Sar‘sour’ leaves Sour Taste – A false voice for women’s rights
The BDS movement is disguising itself as a women's rights movement. Led by Lina Sarsour, we are turning a blind eye. Protect human rights.
Blame It on Israel
Israel is ridicuously blamed for problems around the world. From south African aparthied funding to the Iranian revolution.
A Tale of Two Plagues
“Black Death” and Anti-Semitism By David E. Kaplan It was early August 2017 in Madagascar and the stadium should have been packed – parents with their kids – cheering their national teams as basketball players from island nations across the Indian Ocean converged in the country’s capital, Antananarivo, to face off in the Indian Ocean […]
The 614th Commandment
A Perspective from under the shadow of Table Mountain By Belinda Silbert “Where the respect to us cannot be won by entreaty, it may be commanded and where it cannot be commanded, it may be enforced.” Emma Lazarus. The task of nation-building is never without sacrifices and the transformation of the ‘Walking Wounded’ who survived […]
The Dark Side of Waters
I loved and still love Roger Waters’ brilliant music. It was difficult not to as a student in the seventies! So, without denying the impact of Pink Floyd on Rock culture and society, today, when I hear Water’s magnum opus, “The Wall”, I think he may be “off the wall”. Or worse! While the message […]
Sticks and Stones and Unholy Trolls
We have all heard the saying: “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never harm me”. However, The Times They Are a-Changin’ as the iconic sixties barb and 2017 Nobel Laureate for literature used to sing, and maybe this saying warrants a total rethink. In today’s world of The Social Network, the most common […]
Anti-Semitism and the African landscape
The history of the Jewish people and that of many African countries is more similar than it is different. There are some striking parallels – tribal allegiances, love of the indigenous land and a shared history of persecution and colonialism. In the fledgling days before the founding of the modern State of Israel, Jews fought […]
The Why and The What of Anti-Semitism
by Peter Bailey Any attempt to define antiSemitism must fail. The phrase itself derives from the German word Judenhass, translated to English means Jew Hatred, while the term anti-Semitism was introduced as a quasi scientific explanation of the dislike of Jews in 1879. And has stuck since that time. There are a number of truisms […]
Jewish ‘Soap’
By Howard Feldman A Tweet that will not wash away anytime soon I was about halfway through my second cup of coffee this morning when I saw the tweet. It read as follows: “For those claiming that the legacy of the holocaust is ONLY negative, think about lampshades and Jewish soap.” Andile Mngxitama The […]
The Emperor of Hate’s New Clothes
Anti-Zionism IS Anti-Semitism “I have nothing against Jews. Some of my best friends are Jewish. It is just Zionists that I have an issue with!” How many times have we heard these excuses trotted out by many who try to justify their anti-Israel comments. They often profess to have an affinity with Jews, extolling the […]