Tag Archives: Israel

Ramaphosa Has the Power!

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Cyril Ramaphosa has the power. That needs to be realised louder than the uselessly negative opinions that have flooded us since his election as ANC president. The past week has been an interesting amalgamation of fear, hope, allegations, lies, tainted victories, hate and hysteria. Being predictable doomsayers will not help South Africans be effectively objective or supportive. A better future requires common sense now. THE COMING LAND GRABS As the ruling party, what the ANC decides as policy has the potential to become law in South Africa. Its recent decisions … Read the full article…

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DA’s Mmusi Maimane Defying ANC with Israel Trip

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Mmusi Maimane, the leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in South Africa, is in Israel against the wishes of the ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC) That the controversial Taiwanese trip is followed so closely by this suggests ulterior motive and a bowing to the USA and Europe where it is rumoured that the Democratic Alliance (DA) gets the bulk of its donations. The DA, however, refuses to reveal it’s sources but the most famous of them is Jewish billionaire Nathan Kirsh who is/was a director of a company … Read the full article…

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Jesus Weeps in Gaza

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I like to support those who are brave enough to have an opinion. Knysna’s Mike Wood is likely to have angered some of his social group with his latest blog. He touched on an important topic there, that of cultural bias as a motivator. Few can think for themselves or out of the box so peer group comes into play. When we were growing up, as white kids, the Israeli’s were good and the Arabs were bad the same way black was scary and white was safe. Mothers, churches, books … Read the full article…

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Blown Chances in Gaza

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Gaza. The situation distresses me. Normally i’d deal with it by writing but i’m trying my best to not lose my focus on Knysna. But i can share with you the work of others. And this article by Sandy Tolan will present the situation to you in a way that television and newspapers haven’t. There have options for peace over a long period of time. Most of you will be unaware of that. But once you are, you have to ask, “Why war has become the predominant option of our … Read the full article…

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An Unfair War Against a Palestinian Micro-State

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This blog is contributed by Knysna author, Mike Wood… As a young boy at Queen Victoria School in Scotland, I learned quite early that there was conflict between Israelis and Arabs. The school, I should explain, was run along military lines. Its masters (as teachers were called) came in large part from the Royal Army Educational Corps. I recall in the wake of the 1967 Six Day War (SDW), our Headmaster gave a very pro-Israeli speech to a special Assembly which he had called for the purpose. The tone and … Read the full article…

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Helen Zille Takes a Position on Israeli/Palistinian Conflict

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I’m continually asked for my opinion on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. I have strong convictions and i’m appalled by how many people i encounter who show their racism and bias whilst being totally ignorant of facts and reality. For them, somehow, racism is to be avoided in a South African context but is OK in an international context – it isn’t! All that shows is who they really are deep down inside… and that has been particularly uncomfortable for me, on a personal level, to discover about people i like. It … Read the full article…

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