Regarding claims that Israel is an apartheid state, he said: "Has anyone of you come to see apartheid in this country? It doesn't exist, you idiots!”
The statement has been interpreted by some as a statement meaning to wipe out every citizen of Gaza and was even used as evidence during the ICJ hearing by South Africa.
In response to his pro-Israel comments, the local Palestine Solidarity Alliance filed a complaint with the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee, which launched an investigation.
Israel is the sole island of freedom, human rights, and peaceful coexistence amid a sea of tyranny, dehumanization, and violent oppression.
Chris Williamson, a former Labour MP, has claimed that Israel is an apartheid regime and that the IDF killed Israeli civilians in Hamas' October 7 attack.
South Africa criticized the ambassador this week over public comments he made but did not specify what he had said.
Government leaders have reached out to Jewish communities. They have spoken in synagogues, offered condolences, and expressed their love and support. Not in South Africa.
Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog condemned the statement.
Renaming a Palestinian Solidarity Campaign event, to exclude accusations of apartheid against Israel, has ruffled more than a few feathers.
Mosiuoa Lekota: "In Israel, you won't find the same divisions between Jews and non-Jews that we used to witness during apartheid."
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