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January 20, 2017       Share:    

Source: http://www.iol.co.za/news/opinion/demonisation-of-israel-ignores-inconvenient-truths-7445062

South Africa Cannot Claim Ancestral Land Yet Deny Jewish People the Same Right

(IOL-South Africa) Luba Mayekiso - I have supported the ANC for decades, but the ANC's view on Israel is divorced from history and reality. Any people that have ever felt the yolk of colonialism should understand the plight of the Jewish people in Israel. The only difference between us Africans and the Jews is that we were internally displaced, while the Jewish people were dispossessed and exiled. Is it illegal or undesirable for Jewish exiles to return to their ancestral homeland? How is it possible for our president, Jacob Zuma, and others in the liberation movement to return from exile in 1990, yet condemn Israel for settlements? The writer is national director of the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem, South Africa and the founder of Africa for Israel Christian Coalition.

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