Shuaib Manjra is the "intellectual" face of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel in SA, an organisation dedicated to being a millstone around the neck of humanity. His job description includes attacking anyone who favours Israel, and his attempt at character assassination of Milton Shain is part of it (Biased view of Palestine, January 22). But let’s talk about the Palestinians. A former school teacher called Muhammad Ibrahim Hussein, writing in Quora, put it this way: "The Arabs have finally come to accept the sad fact our Palestinian leadership has never wanted peaceful coexistence or normalisation with Israel and most likely never will. Ever since President Abbas told the Saudis to suck it for the umpteenth time in November 2017, the Saudis have finally completely given up on us (and quite rightly so) and instead focused their attention on normalisation and trade with our high-tech startup-nation neighbours, Israel. As usual, our Palestinian leaders...
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