CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ‘From the River to the Sea’ Chant Draws Criticism from South African Jews
CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s ‘From the River to the Sea’ Chant Draws Criticism from South African Jews
https://x.com/PalEmbassyZa/status/1794460444502938097
Source: Embassy of the State of Palestine – South Africa X Account, @PalEmbassyZa
At today’s #SiyanqobaRally, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a powerful message of solidarity with the people of #Palestine. Condemning the atrocities committed by an #apartheidIsrael, he called for an immediate ceasefire in #Gaza and the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid.
https://fb.watch/sllg5R-wKM/
Source: South African Jewish Board of Deputies Facebook Account, @SAJBD
Prof Karen Milner on eNCA yesterday evening (27 May) on President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for genocide against Israel
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa states “Palestine will be free from the river to the sea” during a speech, drawing outrage from his country’s Jews for allegedly calling to “exterminate Jews from their homeland.”
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies’ criticism comes after the president used the contentious slogan during a rally in Soweto, which appeared to be spontaneous.
Many interpret the statement, which refers to the River Jordan and the Mediterranean, as a rejection of Israel’s right to exist and a proclamation that the only way for a Palestinian state to be free is to annex Jewish territory.
Advocates of the slogan reject this, arguing that it is just an endorsement of the two-state solution.
The Jewish group issued an unusually harshly worded, expressing “revulsion” at Ramaphosa’s statements.
The slogan “is widely regarded as a call to genocide of the Jewish people,” according to a statement from the Board.
“The slogan and its call for the destruction of the Jewish State has its origin in the Hamas Charter, with its goal to see Israel as ‘Judenfrei’ or Jew free,” states the SAJB.
“The chanting of this slogan by a head of state of a government that recurrently tries to express their commitment to a ‘Two State Solution’ as their policy on Israel and Palestine is hypocritical to the full,” they stated.
South Africa initiated the legal lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Ramaphosa has accused Israel of “genocide” in Gaza.
At today's #SiyanqobaRally, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a powerful message of solidarity with the people of #Palestine. Condemning the atrocities committed by an #apartheidIsrael, he called for an immediate ceasefire in #Gaza and the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid. pic.twitter.com/L2c8FfbkHm
— Embassy of the State of Palestine – South Africa (@PalEmbassyZa) May 25, 2024
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