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Why! Israelis Can Go to South Africa Without a Visa, Palestinians Cannot Published January 17th, 2021 - 06:47 GMT South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (AFP File Photo) Highlights And that the practice of discriminatory protocol allows Israelis to enter South Africa freely without the need for visas but excludes Palestinians, is an embarrassing blow The campaign to petition South Africa’s ANC-led government to lift punitive Visa restrictions applicable to Palestinians desirous of traveling here is a necessary yet embarrassing exercise. Many people including veterans of the anti-ap...

It was in July 2019 that the Guardian published a letter, said to have been signed by more than 100 “prominent members of the Jewish community,” about the antisemitism crisis roiling the British Labour party. The letter didn’t take issue with the antisemitism itself. Rather, it criticized those raising concerns about the problem. Casting opponents of antisemitism as the real villains, the co-signers charged the mainstream British Jewish community and its allies with using the guise of fighting antisemitism to “undermine not only the Labour party’s leadership but also all pro-Pales...

Will The 'Ghosts' Stop as We Go Into 2021? Published December 29th, 2020 - 12:51 GMT (Shutterstock) Highlights Apparently, Dickens knew what we do not, that without examining our past misdeeds there will not be a better future. In “A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas” (1843) Charles Dickens tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is paid a visit by his former business associate Jacob Marley, accompanied by the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After repenting his past transgressions, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder...