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MAGRIETHA DU PLESSIS's avatar

I cannot even read this article. When is South Africa going to wake up and see what is going on in Gaza and what Israel is really doing. Do better research and find out why Hamas is there in the first place! I would think that South African well versed in apartheid would have a little more insight.

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Nicholas Woode-Smith's avatar

Please read this to see my take on it. And actually read it, please. Please expand your mind rather than accepting misinformation as fact: https://www.rationalstandard.com/p/why-i-support-israel

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Nicholas Woode-Smith's avatar

I recommend reading any article before commenting on it. You may learn something. I also urge you to please do your own research and reading, looking at primary sources, videos and familiarising yourself with the history of the region.

There are far too many soundbites and baseless assertions being pushed on social media without any evidence. This has been weaponised by enemies of Israel to push antisemetic narratives and lies.

As a South African, I am familiar with Apartheid. Apartheid was a system of racial domination and exploitation, where the white minority actively oppressed other races on the basis of their skin colour and restricted their movement to select areas.

Israel is a multiracial democracy where everyone's rights are respected. There are Arab Muslim judges and military commanders in Israel. Can you identify any Jewish figures in a place of authority in any Arab countries?

Gaza was given independence by Israel in 2005. The West Bank has its own government. But due to both states participating in violent insurgency, they lost their right to not be restricted. If Esatwini or Lesotho kept waging wars of terror on South Africa, we would be completely within our rights to do something about it.

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