The Trump administration’s interventions in South Africa’s affairs present a historic opportunity to create a better life for all South Africans, says the Chief Rabbi of SA, Warren Goldstein in a YouTube video message posted on Sunday.
Goldstein says that in his recent executive order regarding SA, US President Donald Trump highlighted that SA’s ties to Iran pose a direct threat to national security and economic stability; expropriation without compensation discourages foreign investment and destroys jobs; and that SA’s race-based policies drive out skilled people and entrepreneurs, exacerbating SA’s economic growth which lags behind other emerging markets.
“This means that Trump’s executive order is directing South Africa to our own national interests. No European government has done this for us, neither did the Biden administration. Russia and China most certainly do not. Organised business in South Africa is not doing this for us and the DA is rapidly ceasing to do so as well. The attention South Africa is receiving from the Trump administration is a blessing,” says the Chief Rabbi.
The response to the Trump administration’s interventions by the SA elite, political, business and media has been “snide, superior and dismissive”, he says. “The people of South Africa deserve better. The current policies are not working. We need a new way forward.”
Goldstein recorded the video shortly after returning from Israel where he presented a strategic paper to senior government officials, urging them to re-engage with SA. While Israel has won the military war in the Middle East, SA continues to prosecute the ideological war on the global stage and for this reason Israel needs to remain engaged with SA’s people who are mainly conservative Christians who are not aligned with the government’s anti-Israel efforts. Following the ANC’s dramatic loss of support in last year’s elections and Trump’s election victory, the balance of forces has shifted in favour of Israel establishing a constructive relationship with SA, he says.
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You can watch Goldstein’s full message in the video above.
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