South Africa was among the nations of the world that held events on Monday to commemorate the first anniversary of the October 7 massacre in Israel, where Hamas invaders killed 1 200 Israelis and took about 250 hostages. Christian and Jewish leaders from around South Africa marked the anniversary by […]
Tag: SA-Israel relations
Is it time for a shift in SA-Israel relations?
Is there reason to believe that recent changes in South Africa’s political landscape could pave the way for a shift in South Africa-Israel relations? Apparently the Israeli government hopes that South Africa’s new coalition government will adopt a different approach to Israel and the war in Gaza than the increasingly […]
SA government doesn’t plan to completely cut ties with Israel — Presidency
Originally published in Eyewitness News The Presidency said government does not plan to sever diplomatic ties with Israel. This despite Parliament last week adopting a motion that government close its embassy in Tel Aviv, and that Israel be forced to close its mission in Pretoria. Speaking at a press briefing in […]
WATCH: ANC, EFF love Israel-haters more than they care for SA people, says Meshoe in Israeli embassy debate
ACDP leader Rev Kenneth Meshoe said today that the EFF and ANC’s love for the haters of Israel is much greater than their care for the people of South Africa. [Watch his message in the above video] He was speaking in a virtual plenary sitting of Parliament during debate on […]
Former SA chief justice: We should resume ‘healthy relations’ with Israel
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Healthy diplomatic relations between South Africa and Israel should resume in the not-too-distant future, according to former South African chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. “I am confident that with the prayers that are going on – there is a team that holds prayers for the peace […]
WATCH: Petition handover –‘Do the right thing, Mr President and stand with Mogoeng’s right to stand with Israel’
The attack on Chief Justice Mogoeng’s right to express his Christian views on Israel is not new but a continuation of an ancient battle spoken about in Psalm 83 which says that those who hate God will attack the very people of God, said Vivienne Myburgh, national director of the […]
Western Cape clergy group call on government to reconsider stance on Israel
“We, the Concerned Clergy of the Western Cape (CCWC), hereby call on the South African community and its governmental leaders to recognise that Israel is a sovereign state and it exists today because the Lord God of Israel has by covenant given her the land.” So says the Christian leaders […]