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Related: About this forumApartheid's legacy lives on: South Africans polarized over Israel
http://972mag.com/apartheids-legacy-lives-on-south-africans-polarized-over-israel/95402/In South Africas highly polarized debate on Israel-Palestine, the organized Jewish communitys 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 Mandelas release from prison, South Africans took to the streets last Saturday in their thousands in opposition to Israels 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 Towns 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 Africas apartheid experience playing a significant role in how the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is being framed and understood at the global level.
In what is being touted as one of the biggest demonstrations in Cape Town since Nelson Mandelas release from prison, South Africans took to the streets last Saturday in their thousands in opposition to Israels 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 Towns 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 Africas apartheid experience playing a significant role in how the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is being framed and understood at the global level.
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Apartheid's legacy lives on: South Africans polarized over Israel (Original Post)
R. Daneel Olivaw
Aug 2014
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oberliner
(58,724 posts)1. 972mag must give out cookies for using the word apartheid
Whereas at Mondoweiss I think the cookie phrase is Warsaw Ghetto.
King_David
(14,851 posts)2. Ha ha sooo true
Israeli
(4,159 posts)3. Them dern Leftists .....
why cant they just ignore the truth like the rest of us ....
Here you go oberliner ....
2460 Relevant results found, showing results 1 - 11
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How many have you read ????
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R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)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.