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Feb 6, 2022, 1:55 PM

Amnesty International’s dishonesty

As predictable as Pavlov’s dog, no surprise that the BDS coalition joins the bandwagon of the recent Amnesty International (AI) “report” targeting the only country and people in their crosshairs for opprobrium and capitalizing on emotive language designed to...

Feb 4, 2022, 10:59 PM

Justice South African Style

The South African BDS coalition, which includes Africa4Paliastineone recently (24 Jan) issued a statement welcoming the SA Judicial Conduct Committee’s (JCC) decision to reject Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s appeal against a ruling that he must apologise for his pro-Israeli...

Jan 30, 2022, 12:10 AM

Cry The Beloved Country

Having spent the greater part of my life in South Africa, it pains me to write that the Rainbow Nation, that evolved from the horrors of apartheid, the liberation movement whose struggle culminated in a Democratic country, with one...

Dec 28, 2021, 6:04 PM

An Open Letter Written in 2014

An Open Letter to Archbishop Tutu Dear Arch, You mention the collective gathering around the world being the largest outcry around a single cause in the history of the world. Some might disagree, however the gatherings that you refer to were...

May 28, 2021, 7:15 PM

J’Accuse! Jessie Duarte

South African apartheid has become a convenient and emotive tool of the BDS and other anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian groups. Comments from the ANC government resonates to the left-leaning Woke constituencies and the apartheid canard “milked” for obvious reasons. The ANC...

May 23, 2021, 4:09 PM

The Responsibility of an Independent Media

With the Israeli – Palestinian ceasefire holding, the media are in need of headline grabbing news so the focus is now on the “devastation” of Gaza. The BBC were accused of using images from a Syrian government operation in the...

Apr 27, 2021, 12:18 AM

Three Deaths and a Court Case!

Sarah Halimi, a Jewish woman, murdered and then pushed out of the window of a Paris apartment by her pot smoking neighbour Kobili Traore while shouting “God is Great’. Very clearly an act of anti-Semitism. A French court recently...

Apr 15, 2021, 5:12 PM

Can free speech become hate speech?

The University of Cape Town (UCT) one of the oldest and best known universities in South Africa, an institution that was also in the forefront of the struggle for democracy as well as its universal reputation of educational excellence....

Feb 9, 2021, 6:15 PM

Pavlov’s witch-hunt

As predictable as Pavlov’s dog Israel’s detractors have seized the moment to jump on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) announcement to investigate Israel and Hamas for war crimes stemming from the 2014 Gaza war. Not surprising that they grasp...

Jan 23, 2021, 1:55 PM

Can Israel Ever be Praised

Once again Israel is being demonized with the usual apartheid slights, this time relating to the Covid19 vaccine and Israel’s success at firstly obtaining the drugs timeously and distributing it to almost her entire population. Suddenly some newspapers, the...

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About Me

Allan is a member of the South African (SA) Israel Media Team - lobby group that challenges negative reporting about Israel. The SA mainstream press is amongst the most hostile and biased press concerning Israel and supports BDS as is the ANC government of that country. He has been a contributor to combatting the false and sometime fabricated reporting on Israel and has had many letters to the editors published.