Apartheid's legacy lives on: South Africans polarized over Israel

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://972mag.com/apartheids-legacy-lives-on-south-africans-polarized-over-israel/95402/

In South Africa’s highly polarized debate on Israel-Palestine, the organized Jewish community’s refusal to acknowledge the unequal treatment of Palestinians at the hands of the Israelis is seen as emblematic of all that apartheid stood for.

In what is being touted as one of the biggest demonstrations in Cape Town since Nelson Mandela’s release from prison, South Africans took to the streets last Saturday in their thousands in opposition to Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza. Estimates vary, with some reports suggesting tens of thousands and others over 100,000 marchers taking part in the protest. A day later, Cape Town’s organized Jewish community held a modest rally of between 3,000 and 5,000 in solidarity with Israel.

For many South Africans this conflict feels deeply personal. Across religion and race many identify with the Palestinian cause and see the conflict as an extension of their own struggle against apartheid. In turn, for many Jewish South Africans, Zionism is central to their identity. The relevance for South Africans is further heightened with South Africa’s apartheid experience playing a significant role in how the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is being framed and understood at the global level.

[oberliner]

1. 972mag must give out cookies for using the word apartheid

Whereas at Mondoweiss I think the cookie phrase is Warsaw Ghetto.

[King_David]

2. Ha ha sooo true

[Israeli]

3. Them dern Leftists .....

why cant they just ignore the truth like the rest of us ....



Here you go oberliner ....

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[R. Daneel Olivaw]

5. Whereas you give out nothing when articles of worth

are posted.

If they make you so uncomfortable that the only reply you can give is to complain then I have to suggest to DUers reading your sweet nothings that I have done my job.