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Parliament voted this week to downgrade the South African embassy in Israel in a move seen by critics as posturing that helps nobody and disqualifies SA from playing a constructive role in helping to revolve the Iraeli-Palestinian conflict. The resolution was proposed by the NFP which holds only two seats […]
The downgrade of the South African embassy in Israel will negatively impact South African Christian community, and it will not benefit Palestinians, said ACDP deputy president Wayne Thring yesterday. Speaking in a debate in Parliament on a motion tabled by NFP member Ahmed Munzoor Shaik Emam calling for the embassy […]
A call has gone out to pastors in South Africa to help mobilise Christians to sign a petition opposing the recent downgrading of SA’s diplomatic relations with Israel. “We believe that because pastors have access to Christians — who apparently make up about 80% of the population — they can […]
The South African branch of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) has called on Christians in SA to sign and share its petition to reinstate the ambassador to Israel, where SA’s embassy in Tel Aviv has been downgraded to a liaison office. SA International Relations Minister Lindiwe Sisulu last week confirmed […]
Vuka Africa founder and leader Apostle Linda Gobodo tells the SA governement it is out of step with the nation’s Christians and should not make the mistake of downgrading the SA embassy in Israel. When the children of Israel sinned against God, He judged them and allowed them to be […]
ACDP president Kenneth Meshoe has accused the Western Cape and South African governments of irresponsibility for refusing offers by internationally-acclaimed Israeli water technicians to assist with overcoming devastating drought conditions in the Cape and other regions of the country. In his response earlier this month to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s maiden […]
ANC president and deputy president of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa has been urged not to implement the recent ANC policy conference resolution to downgrade the SA embassy in Israel or to allow the ANC to be used by haters of Israel to create the impression that South Africans hate Israel. […]
Christian and Jewish voices in South Africa have expressed disappointment at the ANC’s resolution on Wednesday to downgrade the SA embassy in Israel to a liaison office. The anti-Israel decision at the party’s national elective conference in Johannesburg — a day ahead of yesterday’s United Nations General Assembly vote against […]
Gateway News asked three leaders who have much practical experience of Israel to comment on the implications of downgrading the South African embassy in Israel as proposed by the ANC — See: https://gatewaynews.co.za/sa-christians-asked-to-pray-about-anc-threat-to-downgrade-embassy-in-israel/ We post their full responses below. Cheryllyn Dudley — ACDP MP and member of the parliamentary Portfolio Committee on International […]
The Jewish community of South Africa, through South African Friends of Israel, has called on Christians to pray this weekend for South Africa, Israel and the South African Embassy in Tel Aviv which is under threat of a downgrade to a liaison office. A resolution by the ANC policy conference […]