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125th Anniversary of WZC Basel Conference
125th Anniversary of WZC Basel Conference I arrived in Basel, Switzerland alongside Jews from Israel and around the world who gathered to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Theodor Herzl’s first Zionist Congress. In August 1897, about 200 Jews from 17 countries had...
125 Years of Zionism
CLICK HERE to watch the 125th Anniversary of the first Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, where Herzl's vision first came to life and where we will be gathered to honor the past and discuss the future.
Meet Klaas Mokgomole, who will be running his second Comrades Marathon this weekend in KZN. As an avid supporter of Israel, Klaas will run the race holding a flag of Israel to raise funds for South African Friends of Israel (SAFI) to help bring water technology to...
Hypocritical ANC stands with pariahs over Israel
Hypocritical ANC stands with pariahs over Israel The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) is astounded by the African National Congress's (ANC) ill-conceived attempt to stand alongside an international pariah organisation and bash Israel with unique opprobrium...
South African government should be condemning, not condoning, Palestinian extremism
South African government should be condemning, not condoning, Palestinian extremism The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) notes that the South African government has jumped on the opportunity to bash Israel for doing what any responsible country would to...
KEY FACTS ON ISRAEL-GAZA FLARE-UP
After several days of closures in the South of Israel and security alerts, Israel announced that it launched “Operation Breaking Dawn” on August 5 2022 as part of an effort to reduce threats posed by the Iranian-armed and funded Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), an...
DIRCO Minister Pandor places Palestinian agenda over interests of South Africans
DIRCO Minister Pandor places Palestinian agenda over interests of South Africans The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) is outraged at the speech DIRCO (Department of International Relations and Cooperation) Minister Naledi Pandor made at the Palestinian African...
Emily Schrader discusses what’s next for Israel’s Knesset 2022
The Israeli Knesset has dissolved (30 June 2022) after a year, with Prime Minister Naftali Bennet at the helm. Yair Lapid has become the interim Prime Minister, until the 5th election (in the last 4 years) will take place in October 2022.SABC News - The Globe, host...
Peter Ndoro interviews Maurice Hirsch on Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s death
As has been widely reported, the ongoing investigation as to who killed Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, is on going. Dangerous tropes and speculations have been circulating, despite concrete evidence. Israel, on countless occasions has requested a joint...
SA Zionist Federation Disgusted by Billboards Abusing Mandela’s Name
SA Zionist Federation Disgusted by Billboards Abusing Mandela’s Name The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) is disgusted by the recent billboards installed in Johannesburg by the antisemitic hate group Africa4Palestine. The billboards make a dishonest comparison...
