The African National Congress (ANC) in Parliament yesterday used the 40th anniversary of the Six-Day War to launch a blistering attack on the Israeli government, resulting in bitter exchanges with the Democratic Alliance (DA) across the floor of the National Assembly.
Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils, himself Jewish, led the attack with a strident summary of the [...]

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South Africa’s largest trade union seeks to boycott Israel
South Africa’s largest trade union federation will launch a campaign against “the Israeli occupation of Arab lands” this week, demanding that Pretoria impose a boycott on all Israeli goods and break diplomatic relations. South African Intelligence Minister Ronnie Kasrils, who is Jewish, told Haaretz that he actively [...]

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We are leaving through Tel Aviv airport and the Israeli official catches my accent. “Are you South African?’ he asks in an unmistakable Gauteng accent. The young man left Benoni as a child in 1985. “How’s Israel?” I ask. “This is a f**ked-up place,” he laughs, “I’m leaving for Australia soon.”

“Down under?” I think. I’ve just been, like Alice, down under into a surreal world that is infinitely worse than apartheid.

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Today is the DAY! Here is my the result of my quest in random order:
1. From Mauritian: The Carine’s Page, Life of a Mauritian girl residing in Singapore.
2. From South Africa: Cherryflava pics, a blog edited and photographed by Jonathan Cherry. Shot mainly on location in Cape Town.
3. From American Samoa: Stuck in [...]

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