The debate in Parliament today expressed a sentiment which we already know. It was a pointless exercise because Parliament does not determine the international relations of South Africa. It is especially pointless, given Israel’s decision to withdraw its ambassador for consultation. The jeers of EFF and ANC singing, “from the river to the sea”, a chant which calls for the destruction of the only Jewish state, makes a mockery of the ANC’s stated position of supporting a two-st

Today, shocking images were posted by former Johannesburg mayor and Al Jama-ah city councillor Thapelo Amad showing him posing with an assault rifle while declaring his unequivocal support for the Hamas terror organisation. This follows Amad’s having also incited violent attacks against anyone who supported Israel in a previous post reading, “Death to the Zionist Israeli and its supporters for killing innocent civilians, i.e., women and children”. Amad’s latest inflammatory p

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Woolworths clarifies that the BDS groups once again fabricated support for their cause. We are pleased to hear that Woolworths will not be boycotting Israeli products. Furthermore we condemn attempts by anti-Israel hate groups to intimidate and threaten SA businesses. This bullying has no place in our country.

Hundreds of Christians (from different denominations) came together this Sunday to show their support for Israel. The atmosphere was absolutely electric!

David Saks writes for the Sunday Times: With Hamas neutralised, perhaps there is hope for the future Antisemitism has soared since October 7, including in South Africa, but Israeli military successes against Hamas might pave the way for a calmer period in the Middle East For the past six weeks distressing images have come out of Gaza, following Israel’s attempts to eradicate Hamas and take back its hostages. It is important to remember how we got here. On the sabbath of Octob

OPINION: There is concerted effort to stifle alternate narratives on the Israel-Hamas war Intimidatory behaviour from anti-Israeli supporters speaks volumes of their outrageous determination to deny any counter-narrative a space in our country, writes Wendy Kahn. "We do the same things that they're doing to us. If we are serious then we must fight wherever we find them. We must boycott them. We must go to their homes. We must go to their schools where they train people to go

Yesterday the SAJBD, together with the SA Zionist Federation, met with the ANC. The meeting, which the ANC requested, was agreed to in a spirit of good faith and our willingness to always engage. Our purpose for the meeting was to ask the ANC to reflect on the hurtful statements it made on the massacre of Israeli civilians carried out by Hamas on 7 October. The SAJBD explained how let down our community had felt by their lack of any form of sympathy for the Israeli terror vic

SA Jewish Board of Deputies slams government, Pandor for 'pro-Hamas' stance Read article here

You can tear down our billboard but you cannot silence SA Jewry!

The demarche against the Israeli Ambassador to SA shows SA to be bullies. The demarche against the Israeli Ambassador to South Africa is just the latest in a long line of pro-Hamas actions by the SA government. As is becoming ever more apparent, this is no longer about supporting the Palestinians. Rather, it amounts to unambiguous support for a genocidal organisation that has never deviated from its core aim of violently destroying the state and people of Israel. By aligning

Prof Adam Mendelsohn writes for the Business Day on ‘Our unfortunate obsession with Holocaust analogies’ Read here

SAJBD calls on SA government to reconsider its self-defeating stance on the conflict Dirco’s most recent display of support for Hamas has been to threaten action against the Israeli ambassador in South Africa on the claimed grounds of his being 'undiplomatic'. This is the same government department that has consistently refused to engage with the ambassador, even in the immediate aftermath of the horrors of 7 October. It is the same Dirco that instead reached out to the perpe

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Minister Pandor lashed out at the SAJBD, threatening us and one of our leaders. Why? Because we dared to challenge her. Hamas, in addition to brutally murdering 1400 Israelis in one day, is currently holding 239 hostages. Not once in her statement did Minister Pandor even mention this fact. Instead of campaigning for Hamas to release these hostages, something that could make a ceasefire possible, Minister Pandor has attacked the South African Jewish community, singling out ou

OPINION: Hatred for Israel drives the pro-Hamas voices writes SAJBD Associate Director David Saks. Read article here

Anti-Israel protesters descend on Jewish areas. We will not be intimidated. Today, 28 October, anti-Israel protesters came into our Jewish suburbs, waving their Hamas flags and chanting anti-Israel slogans, in an effort to bait our Jewish community. They provocatively chose to do so on our Holy Sabbath. They made their way through our areas to the Jewish community centre, Beyachad. Sadly for them, they simply stood outside an empty building, venting their spleen to the wind.

Listen carefully for the echoes of antisemitism\ Read article here

OPINION: Silence in the face of slaughter - by our national director Wendy Kahn Read article here