“So let’s take a deep look at apartheid Israel,” says Allan Wolman in his letter (“Israel is much more democratic than SA (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2021-06-14-letter-israel-much-more-democratic-than-sa/)”, June 14). That SA has numerous severe problems thanks to the corruption unleashed by the ANC, arms companies, “state capture” crooks and others is not in dispute. Likewise, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now facing serious corruption charges and, like Jacob Zuma, is playing every trick in the book to stay out of jail. Hopefully Netanyahu will soon be facing even more serious charges at the International Criminal Court of genocide, crimes against humanity (including apartheid) and war crimes.
Just as apartheid SA pretended to be a democracy, albeit for whites only, so Israel is a highly militarised dictatorship that masquerades as a democracy. As the former commando officer responsible for the Israeli army’s Kfar Kana massacre of...
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