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Sisulu not electioneering, just plain old anti-Semitic
In the SA Jewish Report’s front-page article (17 May 2019) headlined “Sisulu is SA Jewry’s threat in government”, it is suggested that Sisulu is engaged in an electioneering stunt to curry vote getting from the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement and Muslim community. Not so. Her actions are simply old fashioned, rampant anti-Semitism dressed in euphemisms.
Errol Horwitz, Johannesburg
The local Jewish community, and particularly its leaders, have yet to break the chains of quiescence by confronting Sisulu vociferously regarding her litany of lies regarding the embassy downgrade. She is plainly damaged goods, and if Zev Krengel has the ear of Cyril Ramaphosa, now is the time to call for Sisulu’s removal.
If Mary, Queen of Scots were alive today, she would have counselled the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, “No more tears now. Think rather upon revenge.”