Democracy of Hypocrisy Recalls Ambassador to Israel

Generally in foreign affairs, if South Africa is against you, you’re on the right side of history. And if South Africa is for you, you’re on the wrong side of history.

Even more so when the ANC Youth League gets in on the action.

JPOST: South Africa recalls its Ambassador.

SA embassy spokesman Judika Tladi told The Jerusalem Post that ambassador Ismael Coovadia was being recalled to Pretoria for consultations so that the government can get a "better understanding" of what happened off the Gaza coast and its implications. He could not say when Coovadia, who was leaving the country this weekend, would return to Israel. Tladi added that Pretoria was not planning on expelling Israel's ambassador to South Africa or severing ties. "This will not affect ties between the two countries. We have no intention of expelling the Israeli ambassador or cutting ties with Israel," Tladi told the 'Post.

This is evidence, if you ever needed any, that South Africa, despite its history, can have no role in bringing a solution to this conflict. We speak of a policy of engagement, and we not only speak of it, we action it. We "engage" with Zimbabwe, Sudan, and other pariahs of the world. The only single exception to this policy is Israel. It may be partly due to the influence of the powerful Muslim lobby in South Africa, but I think the policy is a mendacious cover-up. We don't actually have a policy of engagement. It's been said before that South Africa never met a dictator it didn't like and measured against this worldview, our treatment of Israel is better understood.

Update: Official Community Response

The South African Jewish leadership is saddened over the deaths and injuries incurred during the Gaza flotilla incident.

Nevertheless, the South African Government's decision to temporarily recall our Ambassador to Israel in response to the incident is premature and inappropriate. The relevant facts of the incident are not yet fully known; they will become so only after the investigation into its causes has completed its work and reported its findings to the international community.

In this regard, the leadership expresses its profound disappointment at the decision, as it goes against the South African way of engaging in dialogue and not jumping to conclusions before all the facts are known.

The Jewish leadership regrets that South Africa is thus far the only country, aside from Turkey, to have taken so radical and disproportionate a step, despite not being directly involved in the matter.

As South African citizens we call upon our Government to adhere to an even-handed policy on the situation in the Middle East and to give due weight to Israel's legitimate security concerns.

We have requested a meeting with the South African government to obtain clarification concerning the rationale behind this decision.
Spokespeople:

Zev Krengel, Chairman, SA Jewish Board of Deputies 082 5579681
Avrom Krengel, Chairman SA Zionist Federation 082 6006465
Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein 0102142603

Issued by: SA Jewish Board of Deputies, SA Zionist Federation, Office of the Chief Rabbi

Comments

[The pil]

Steve, the letter you wrote about your dad was extremely moving- I am sorry for your loss.

On the comment about the SA government not having met a dictator that it did not like. The SABJD still has not met a SA government that it did not like. How mealy-mouthed was that statement.

[Hebrew Prophet]

With over 1 million jobs lost in the past year alone the ANC led govt. sould have more presssing issues to contend with , so what do the looneys think about that issue ,instead of commenting on things that don,t concern them ,Isreal,s defensive actions against Islamofascism ?

[Hebrew Prophet]

After another example of Islamofascism in Hamastan,
the raiding of NGO,s and confiscation of communications equipment ,fax machines,computers etc. by Islamic thugs, what excuse will the leftist looneys come up with now ?

[Jess]

Do you think that it's hyocritical for a country to force another to adopt its way of thinking

[Hebrew Prophet]

It depends on that country,s thinking ie Iran has a nuclear facility that can produce nuclear bombs in the near future ,do we impose sanctions on it ,no hypocrisy here ,do we allow Mugabe to carry on regardless because he governs our neighbour(Zimbabwe
who is majority black ,yes blatant hypocrisy ,what do you say now Jess?

[Hebrew Prophet]

When the so called Gaza blockade is lifted by both Is
rael and Egypt,which of those letist looneys who post their claptrap on this blog will go to Gaza and oversee the inspection of foreign ships etc.that supposedly are bringing humanitarian aid to the peasants ,weapons and other arms are not humanitarian aid as we have seen from containers offloaded from the Free Gaza Flotilla ships?

[Religious Fundamentalist 1]

Jess,

Do you think it's hypocritical for a person to force another to adopt their way of thinking?

[Hebrew Prophet]

Depends again on the person trying to do the forcing Jess as we are all adults and can make up our own minds etc?

[Hebrew Prophet]

Try be more specific if you can Jess because there seems to be a cryptic clue in your rhetorical question but i can,t quite catch it,examples please ?

[Hebrew Prophet]

Another good example Jess, hundreds of millions of Muslim sheep are forced to adopt one or two sheepdogs thinking ,Hezbollah in Lebanon ,now there,s a perfect example or Hamas in Hamastan,just as perfect ,so let,s read some of your insights now,please?

[Jessica]

Very interesting topic here. Thank you for the post.

[Mary]

Great post! We really need updates for international awareness on this crisis. Does expelling Israeli's ambassador will cut diplomatic ties with Israel coz we now have a muslim state with Sharia law.

[Hebrew Prophet]

The ANC naughty boy has been very quiet of late but will this quiet period continue after the world cup circus has packed up and left African shores ,you have been warned as Julius is itching to open his big mouth once again ?

[Hebrew Prophet]

May 1948 ,two states ,living side by side,in peace and prosperity ,as mandated by the UN ,yet we still have ignoramuses posting nonsense ,wake up Christopher it,s July 2010 ?

[Susan]

I think The SABJD still has not met a SA government that it did not like. How mealy-mouthed was that statement.

[ofir@israel]

they are not any help and it is not just becouse muslim lobby, it is becouse they have pretty bad understanding of the real roots of the conflict

[RD]

I'm all for having faith and believing, but religion, what is supposed to be the one thing that brings joy and peace and meaning to your life, has so often brough nothing but pain. And it saddens me that religion has in reality, done more damage to the human race than anything else.

[Hebrew Prophet]

But you don,t say which religion has caused the most bloodshed,ethnic cleansing ,internecine violence and
genocide since it raised it,s vicious head in the 7th century,Islam ,so stop obfuscating and get to the point ?

[Hebrew Prophet]

The settlement freeze moratorium has been lifted and building in Israel continues as it should ,May 1948,two states,living side by side,in peace and prosperity ,mandated by the very same UN that gave Jordan to the Palestinians as their sovereign homeland ,enough bulls- already ?

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[Liezl]

Sometimes I don't care at all about foreign affairs but this is something interesting for me that I can't just let it pass.

[Karen]

Well, I'm all for having faith and believing, but religion, what is supposed to be the one thing that brings joy and peace and meaning to your life, has so often brough nothing but pain.

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