The Editor The Cape Times Dear Sir In their ill-judged views about Israel, Messrs Daitz, Sanders and their hero, Terry Crawford-Browne (Cape Times May 18, 2015 Tactic condemned) choose to waste their time at checkpoints peering into the West Bank where the brave boys and girls making up the Israeli Defence Force provide a strong deterrent that ensures…
The Editor Weekend Argus Dear Sir Israel began as a doubt in the world’s eye. Surrounded by enemies, it had to fight six wars in six decades. With a territory the size of the Kruger National Park and few resources, other than the ingenuity of its people, it transformed itself from a developing country…
The Editor The Cape Times Dear Sir There is a perceived troubling trend that South African pro-Israel supporters and organisations are not quoted by the media in the interests of fairness and balance. For example there is not a single pro-Israel source quoted that would be able to point out how BDS serves only to stigmatise…
The Editor The Cape Times Dear Sir In three anti-Israel stories the Cape Times of today chose to feature (13 May 2015), each was filled with historical inaccuracies and hateful propaganda Of all the countries that have come into existence in the last century, no country’s credentials are more legitimate than Israel’s. One of the reasons is…
We ordinary citizens generally understand that in any bilateral negotiations there are issues of national import that are best kept private so as not to upset delicate talks. But in these matters it is understood that the negotiating parties abstain from making provocative statements that may prejudge the outcome of an agreement. Why then should…
Terry Crawford-Browne’s articles and letters generally reflect anti-Israel attitudes. Typical is his rant in the Cape Times (End of ‘error’ may be about to dawn.) He usually seems outraged to be accused of anti-Semitism, since in his mind he only savages that country and not Jews as such. Yet his letters do incorporate ancient motifs…
Leila Khaled has been invited to visit South Africa by the SA BDS movement. She is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and an airline hijacker. Khaled came to public attention for her role in a 1969 hijacking followed again the next year as part of Black September’s muliple…
Babies are not born with hate, They crave not death but seek just love. We owe to them a better fate, To teach them love’s from God above. Whence comes the deadly stick and stone Hurled with venom at some child? With naked hatred some old crone Glares through eyes cold-set and wild? …
Only a day after we watched pundits and Western media commentators bend over backwards and do cartwheels to inform us the events in Sydney were only about one deranged individual, the mass murder of school children in Peshawar occurred. We were reassured that this was just the work of the Pakistani Taliban, never mind that…
While the BDS movement goes about its egregious business of targeting local businesses by claiming that they are supporting the Palestinians, it appears from the daily news emanating from the Middle East that the Palestinians themselves are not as negatively motivated. All life is sacred to Israelis. This week quick-acting Israeli border…