South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Today The boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign (BDS) is ‘dangerously wrong’, according to the former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, now Lord Sacks. In a video posted on his website, he says: ‘Because beneath the surface, it is an attempt to delegitimise Israel as a prelude to […]
The African Christian Democratic Party has called on President Jacob Zuma to urgently withdraw the visa of Palestinian activist and double aircraft hijacker Leila Khaled who is due to visit South Africa next month on a speaking tour hosted by the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. In an open letter […]
A lot of thumb sucking and lies are aiding the persecution of Woolworths over the Israel / Palestinian issue. A group calling itself the National Coalition for Palestine (NC4P) on Monday released a report claiming Woolworths is losing almost R8 million a month because of the boycott campaign. It claims the popular […]
Originally published in The Citizen Online South Africa’s ambassador to Israel was summoned to that country’s Foreign Ministry Thursday to explain a recent decision by the South African cabinet to label products from settlements in the West Bank as coming from “Occupied Palestinian Territory.” Ambassador Ismail Coovadia would meet with […]
[notice]South Africa’s Chief Rabbi, Warren Goldstein has written an open letter to Deputy International Relations Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim in response to his call for South Africans to not visit Israel.[/notice] Dear Mr. Ebrahim, You are a minister of the South African government, appointed to advance the interests of the Republic […]
[notice]ChristianView Network Director Philip Rosenthal addresses the thorny Israel debate which made the news again this week as a South African Government official “requested” SA citizens not to visit the land. [/notice] On Wednesday 15th August, the South African Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ebrahim Ebrahim said “What […]
Originally published in Ynet News The latest comments by South Africa’s deputy international relations minister, Ebrahim Ebrahim, saying that he ”discourages” South Africans from visiting Israle, keep making headlines. South African newspapers, such as the ‘Cape Times’ and ‘The Mercury Durban’ described the remarks as a categorical and official admission […]
[notice]Call for support from SA Christians as international campaigns against Israel mount[/notice] The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger, has sent a letter of solidarity to South African evangelist Angus Buchan and the Christian community in South Africa, following a recent meeting between Buchan and Jewish representatives in Greytown, Kwazulu […]