ANC accusations about Israeli racism a case of the pot calling the kettle

Let’s take a deep look at apartheid Israel. Israel will have an Israeli Palestinian minister in the new coalition, eight Israeli Palestinian members of parliament, an Israeli Palestinian party, eight female ministers, and a female Ethiopian minister. The new government is one third Mizrahi origin (dark skinned), with 44 ministers and deputy ministers, with 17 ministers not of the ruling party (old government). Three totally different political parties make up the new government. Is this not democracy at work?

South Africa has a total of 61 ministers and deputy ministers; only one white minister, Barbara Creecy; only one white deputy minister, John Jeffery; with only one minister not from the ruling party. Which is the more democratic government?

Does Israel practice job reservation or to put it in modern terminology, broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE)? Nothing of the sort, as Israeli Palestinians are represented in every aspect of civil life from government, the judiciary, commerce, and industrial activity. No BBBEE scorecards are necessary for any position in Israel. No racial profiling for any state or private appointments is permitted.

Every civil and municipal department is staffed by Palestinian and Israeli personnel. Israeli Palestinians serve in the police and military at all levels up to staff officer, regardless of gender.

South Africa practices a stringent policy of affirmative action (a euphemism for blacks only) to the prejudice of minority groups. Racial profiling is practiced in government employment policy. So, who are the racists? Please will the African National Congress (ANC) care to comment on some of the above facts.

Does anyone remember the ANC government ever criticising its sister African country, Egypt, which shares a common border with Gaza, for destroying a 10km strip of housing along the border for “security” reasons. There was indeed a deafening silence from all quarters.

Again, the ANC government is at pains to condemn the eviction of six houses in the Sheikh Jarrah area where people had been illegally occupying the houses in defiance of a court order. But what do the ANC’s “Red Ants” do to whole communities who occupy land illegally? Is it a question of the pot calling the kettle black?

We live in a hypocritical world, but there is hypocrisy and “uber-hypocrisy”. Guess where the ANC fits?