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Originally Posted by Mynydd
The sparks of anti-semitism were only noticed when in the mid-30s German Jewish refugees started to flow in the country, and two God's Chosen People saw themselves competing for the same Promised Land.
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Two chosen peoples competing for the same chunk of "promised" land...not only that, but the very originally chosen people (the Jews) split into two factions: one, more powerful and with strong ties to Zionism, Israel and international Jewish financial institutions, supporting Apartheid and siding with the Calvinist chosenites in keeping the indigenous Amelekites at bay in their unviable Bantustans (Palestinian Autonomy); another Jewish faction, leftist, minoritarian and less powerful, but backed by the USSR, took an active part in the anti-Apartheid movement. Is this the case of some eternal interior Jewish right-left dialectic?
A Lithuanian Jew and Communist (member of the South African Jewish community of Litvaks, see the above post) named Joe Slovo participated actively in ANC's activities to bring the Apartheid system down:
Joe SLOVO
Joe Slovo: Has socialism failed? 1990.
Old Marxist returns (NYT)
Joe Slovo: Ode to a mensch
The ANC led South Africa has rather an anti-Israeli penchant, often deplored and rebuked by the pro-Zionist media. Curiously, one of the main Israel detractors in the South African government is a Jew Ronnie Kasrils. His surname smacks of Lithuanian origins. Here the Israeli journal "Daavot" (Opinion) deplores the allegedly rabid anti-Israeli stance of the South African government, with a special stress on Kasrils' role in it.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...405940,00.html
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However, despite this semblance of warm relations, South Africa is one of Israel's fiercest detractors, rivaling even Arab and Muslim nations. Without doubt, the main proponent of this anti-Israel agenda is the Minister of Intelligence, Ronnie Kasrils, who, perhaps somewhat conveniently, is of Jewish descent. Shortly after the Palestinians initiated the Intifada, Kasrils, using the South African parliament as his platform, launched his own campaign - "not in my name" - designed to pressure the Jewish community into publicly denouncing Israel. Its strident rejection by mainstream South African Jewry has served to only goad him on.
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