Africa
A Jewish jewelry store owner was wounded, a week before the annual Lag B’Omer pilgrimage to the ancient El-Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island.
Sa’ar links the Iranian-backed terror group to Al-Shabaab in joint press conference with Ethiopian counterpart; Jerusalem, Addis Ababa seek to deepen alliance across sectors.
“Israel would make a mistake in thinking that South Africa is an enemy,” Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein tells JNS.
SAZF’s Rowan Polovin says what the ANC fears is that “exposure to the truth will shatter the lazy, dogmatic narrative they have clung to for years.”
“We support Israel and believe that Hamas is a terrorist organization which must be annihilated,” MP Ashley Sauls tells JNS.
The moves come amid a diplomatic tug-of-war in Africa between supporters and opponents of the Jewish state.
Jerusalem slams expulsion of Ambassador to Ethiopia Avraham Neguise.
Jewish leaders call for “constructive diplomacy” following the U.S. expulsion of South Africa’s ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool.
To negotiate, interlocutors must first open embassies in Somaliland, the foreign minister of that disputed territory said.
Muslim, Christian and Jewish community leaders gather to talk at Aish in the Old City.
In a speech, Cyril Ramaphosa mentioned the “severe humanitarian crisis faced by Palestinians” and ignored Hamas’s cruelty to Israeli hostages.
“You start talking [with Arabs] professionally and the barriers fall down,” says Dr. Doron Markel.
