Dear Friends On the 2nd of November 2017, the EFF (Economic Freedom Front) and several anti-Israel detractors marched on the Israeli Embassy in Pretoria to protest….. the 100th year since the Balfour Declaration, which paved the way for the creation of a modern Jewish state in our ancient homeland. The EFF claimed that they had […]
*by Sharon Salomon Over the course of the last weeks, at our world-renowned University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, a series of talks were held by Israel Academic Boycott, a program of the UCT Palestine Solidarity Forum (PSF). In discussion were various topics supporting the full academic boycott of the Jewish State. There were […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“It was an encounter of a strange kind,” says Charles Abelsohn, a graduate of a South African University and a retired lawyer in Israel referring to his brief encounter earlier this year with BDS at the Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre in Johannesburg. Staying overnight in transit before catching a connecting flight, Charles […]
Out of favour news network Al Jazeera resurrects limelight seeking Ronnie Kasrils to demonise Israel It’s an old cast, old script of Israel bashing and ‘Red Ronnie’ as he was once known for his Communist affiliations has found an audience with Al Jazeera, who these days itself is battling “to be seen and heard”. Where […]
Israel’s paltry trade with South Africa during Apartheid era Israel’s detractors love to compare the Jewish state to Apartheid South Africa. This is not a comparison based on facts but rather part of a greater campaign to paint Israel as a pariah state and deal out the same sort of isolation through boycotts and sanctions […]
BDS was comically described by a Johannesburg writer “as pretty much how I don’t like my Biltong – droeg (dry), and way past having any flavour left to chew on.” Of course, for some, this is how they like it, so it remains on the shelf but BDS is hardly a WOW item anymore – […]
by Howard Feldman Every Saturday on my return from the synagogue, I collect the Saturday Star from where it lies at the end of the driveway. I walk into my home scanning the headlines and checking if there is anything at all worth reading. I am often amazed at the poor choice of lead-story but […]
Breaking News!!!!!! BDS has moved into their new premises tailormade to their lies and deception about Israel. With the recent ruling in South Africa’s Equality Court against Cosatu’s (Council of South African Trade Unions) Bongani Masuku for hate speech against the Jewish community, what does BDS do? They circulate a 1975 United Nations resolution accusing […]
Every now and then a court case comes along and shakes the foundations in its aim to set a legal precedent. One such example is the landmark ruling in the case of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies vs COSATU’s (Council of South African Trade Unions) Bongani Masuku, for hate speech against the Jewish […]
“Take me down to the Paradise city, where the grass is green and the girls are pretty, take me home” – sings Guns ‘n Roses front man, Axel Rose, who will be performing in Tel Aviv this summer. Well, the song could literally be about Israel because Tel Aviv is the paradise city where the […]
by Howard Feldman Anytime now. Maybe even as soon as Wednesday, but Thursday at the very latest, I intend to start a new organization. It won’t be Friday, because I have a lot to do and I am sure it will take up most of the morning (at the least). I have yet to decide […]
Prestigious British medical journal – The Lancet – three years later redeems itself A lancet is a double edged surgical knife but it is also the name of the internationally esteemed British medical journal – The Lancet. When it comes to Israel, the journal’s recent history has lived up to its namesake – a doubled […]