Israel’s Right To Be – Credentials of Mahmoud Abbas
Israel has a right to exist. In today's reality top leaders try to question this to lead to Israel's downfall. This is the reality.
A letter to Ahed Tamimi
By Monessa Shapiro* Dear Ahed Firstly, let me tell you how sad I am that you are in prison. Prison is certainly not the place for teenagers. If only you could be shopping with your friends, swimming in the pool or going to a movie. But, more importantly, I am both heartbroken and angry, because […]
“No Way to Treat a Child”
By Shaun Sacks* Palestinians exploit their children for Politics In their desperate attempts to delegitimize Israel, Palestinian, South African, and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), have been active in a campaign that exploits Palestinian children for political gain. This campaign, known as “No Way to Treat a Child,” is just the latest incarnation of attempts by […]
Hamas at ANC 54 Conference
Picture above: Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal speaks to South African president Jacob Zuma ahead of a media briefing at the headquarters of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) in Johannesburg. Siphiwe Sibeko / Reuters By Uriel ben Avraham During apartheid South Africa, boycotts were called against the country. The point of the boycotts was to […]
Gazing at Gaza
Palestinian reconciliation – Is it a time of promise or a leadup to another letdown? There was much anticipation in Israel this October week with the envoys from the PA (Palestinian Authority) meeting their Hamas counterparts in Gaza with the goal of reuniting Gaza and the West Bank under the ‘legitimate’ – last election was […]
Palestinian Hypocrisy? No, it’s worse, far worse!
It’s incitement to Murder! Falseness, deceit, dishonesty, mendacity, pretense, duplicity – take your pick – can describe some of the Muslim world’s predictable knee-jerk reaction to Israel installing metal detectors placed outside at the entrance to al-Ḥaram al-Qudsī al-Šarīf, (“the Noble Sanctuary of Jerusalem”), or as referred to by Jews as the Temple Mount – but it is far worse. It […]
Boycotts, Shmoycotts – who are the real losers?
The BDS (Boycott, Divestment and sanctions) movement sure is noisy. While lacking cerebral substance, they understand the veracity of symbolism and language that is provocative, emotive and emotional. They understand that gratuitous use of the word Apartheid is guaranteed to get an emotional reaction from people. I use the word gratuitous intentionally because BDS have […]
Barghouti is no Mandela – Stealing Apartheid Icons
One of the questions I am frequently asked in lectures or interviews is where is the Palestinian and Israeli De Klerk and Mandela when it comes to ending the nearly 70-year conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Where is that equivalent of brave leaders willing to make the tough sacrifices to forge peace under circumstances that finds […]
Comparing Jaffa Oranges with Cape Naartjies!
By Peter Bailey Observers are quick to compare the current situation in Israel with that in South Africa prior to the first democratic elections in 1994. The facts show that nothing could be further from the truth. The parties to the conflict in South Africa desired peace; the parties to one side of the conflict […]