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The new Israeli ambassador to South Africa, Eli Belotsercovsky, dreamt of being a diplomat from an early age when he was still a child in the...
Israel’s new ambassador to South Africa, Eliav Belotsercovsky, rubbed elbows with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa when he presented his credentials to him on Tuesday, 25...
Israel is being used as a political football by striking workers, unions, and the anti-Israel lobby in the protracted domestic labour dispute with Clover, which has...
South Africa’s anti-Israel stance is one thing we don’t seem to be leaving behind in 2021, as Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) Minister Dr...
The dream was simple: Israel’s victory in the 1967 war would lead to victory over war itself. Many back then believed that the trajectory of the...
Israel has finally dropped South Africa from its red list as COVID-19 numbers surge in the Jewish state while the Omicron wave in South Africa begins...
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Israel chose to prevent the entry of foreigners including our brothers and sisters, the members of Jewish communities, into...
South Africa’s chief rabbi, Dr Warren Goldstein, has taken on the Israeli government over its sudden blanket travel ban in light of the new variant discovered...
Orthodox spiritual leaders in South Africa have expressed their shock and dismay over the treatment of South African travellers turned away from Ben Gurion Airport last...
Citizens for Integrity (CFI) has accused the government and the minister of sports, arts, and culture of acting unconstitutionally and irrationally in its “bullying” of Miss...
At the beginning of November, the Kay family celebrated the happiest of simchas in Israel – the wedding of Avi and Devorah Kay’s eldest son. Three...
The COVID-19 pandemic coughed up some unusual situations. For 24-year-old Kelly Odes, it was serving in the Israeli army in her pyjamas. Granted it was only...
An Israeli company has been given the green light to begin clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccination pill in South Africa, which could be a game-changer...
Local elections are about the nitty-gritty of daily life: fixing potholes, water, and electricity, maintaining infrastructure, and service delivery. But a number of political parties, individuals,...
Newly crowned Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane, is looking forward to taking part in the Miss Universe pageant later this year despite the sinister forces trying...
Israelis are being asked again whether or not they support a proactive strike on Iran, even at the risk of starting a war. The overwhelming majority...
Travelling to Israel may get easier soon, but with some rules that could hold South Africans back. According to former member of the Knesset (MK) Dov...
On the eve of the meeting of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) this week, there has been much speculation about whether Israel’s recent...
The current violence in Arab-Israeli cities is a greater threat to the state of Israel than Hamas and Hezbollah. The comparison might sound dramatic, but since...
Telfed, the South African Zionist Federation in Israel, has resorted to a fundraiser as its resources come under strain because of the volume of people making...
Israel made the surprise announcement on Monday, 30 August, that from 3 September, Israelis who are a week after their third dose of COVID-19 vaccine won’t...
Israel is bracing itself for renewed terrorism from the fundamentalist Taliban Sunni Muslim insurgency in Afghanistan. Hamas was quick to praise the group’s takeover of the...
South African olim and their families last week welcomed the news that Israel had downgraded South Africa to its “orange list” of countries. Though it eases...
During the early days of the pandemic, Gillian Kay chose to spend lockdown in her beloved childhood home in South Africa instead of being alone in...
The African Union (AU) Commission has defended the continental body’s decision to grant Israel observer member status, saying it was at the “express demand of many...
A week ago, South African olim and their families told the SA Jewish Report about their despair in dealing with Israel’s extreme COVID-19 travel restrictions. But...
(JTA) Twenty years ago today, a deadly suicide bombing in Jerusalem plunged Israel into grief and, for its citizens, crystallised a feeling articulated by the city’s...
Over the past 18 months, hundreds of South African olim and their family members have been unable to see each other thanks to Israel’s draconian travel...
In a world first, Israel has begun administering third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Israelis 60 years and over. Those eligible are receiving phone calls...
The South African government recently acted surprised that Israel had rejoined the African Union (AU) as an observer. History tells us that it shouldn’t have. Connections...
Families, yeshiva bochurs (students), lone soldiers, and a nonagenarian will be among the 87 new arrivals at Ben Gurion in Israel this week in the largest...
The South African government this week lashed out at the recent decision by the African Union (AU) to grant Israel observer status. After nearly 20 years...
The director of the Israel Centre South Africa, Liat Amar Arran, says the organisation received “100 enquiries” into aliyah over the past three weeks, and that...
The newly elected Israeli minister of diaspora affairs this week sent a heartfelt message of support to the South African Jewish community following last week’s devastating...
“What are your plants trying to say?” That’s the question that drives SupPlant, a company rooted in three generations of one Israeli family. Through cutting-edge technology,...
By 2050, the world’s population is expected to be close to 10 billion people. Innovative technology must be harnessed to feed them all, and tiny Israel...
(JTA) Vladimir Putin clearly likes to talk about Jews and Israel. This time, he suggested that Israel offered a good model for his designs on Ukraine....
Yakie Ayalon is an Israeli filmmaker who grew up in Nigeria, and makes films based on humanitarian values. With a strong connection to the African continent,...
What’s it like living a few streets away from the prime minister of Israel? According to Israeli media, the residents of Ra’anana are up in arms...
After 12 consecutive years of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israelis are coming to terms with the fact that the magician, as his fans like to call him, has...
