The Dangerous Alliance – SAJFP, PSC SA, and the Terror Pipeline
For years, the South African activist landscape has provided fertile ground for ideological alliances that masquerade as social justice campaigns. Among the most concerning is the growing cooperation between South African Jews for a Free Palestine (SAJFP), the Palestine Solidarity Campaign South Africa (PSC SA), and a wider orbit of personalities and organizations linked directly and indirectly to the propaganda, legal warfare, and political objectives of terror networks such as Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
SAJFP, despite its name, does not represent the mainstream Jewish community in South Africa. Its purpose, as the evidence increasingly suggests, is not to promote peace or dialogue but to cloak radical anti-Israel agitation in Jewish identity. This deliberate posture gives rhetorical cover to some of the most extreme anti-Zionist campaigns operating in South Africa today.
A closer inspection of SAJFP’s activities reveals a disturbing pattern of coordination with PSC SA (Palestinian Solidarity Campaign South Africa). Both organizations champion the narrative that Zionism is equivalent to apartheid, colonialism or fascism. They reject the legitimacy of the State of Israel and support international legal mechanisms designed to isolate and delegitimize it. Their preferred tools are lawfare, misinformation, and public mobilization built on inflammatory claims, incitement and antagonism. In recent history these are all the ingredients that lead to violent terror attacks on a global scale.
On paper, SAJFP might appear as an outlier in a bona fide internal Jewish debate. In reality, it is deeply embedded in a web of associations that includes pro-Hamas intellectuals, convicted terrorists repackaged as civil society actors, and foreign-funded NGOs such as Al-Haq and Samidoun. These organizations have well-documented ties to the PFLP and serve as the global legal and media arms of Palestinian militant resistance.
Key figures within SAJFP include Kelly Jo Bluen, Rina King, and Megan Choritz. Bluen, in particular, has developed a reputation as a radical voice. Her social media presence and public engagements show repeated endorsements of militant slogans, appearances at events featuring known terror sympathizers, and calls for the dismantling of the Jewish state. She once appeared alongside Leila Khaled, a convicted airplane hijacker and lifelong member of the PFLP. That alone should disqualify SAJFP from being taken seriously in any legitimate human rights conversation.
Social media posts by individuals and groups aligned with SAJFP further expose the toxic undercurrent of this alliance. In one example, an Instagram story posted by Kelly Jo Bluen featured a neon sign reading “Every day is f**k Israel day,” leaving no ambiguity about the hateful intent. In another post, Bluen appears in a red keffiyeh with the caption “good afternoon from serious face – abolish ‘israel’,” framing a call for the eradication of the Jewish state as casual personal branding; this eradication includes all those in Israel, not just Jews.
A widely circulated WhatsApp message shows Roshan Dadoo promoting the “Global March to Gaza,” a mobilization with known connections to pro-Hamas messaging. Meanwhile, SAJFP itself falsely accused Israel of kidnapping 12 international hostages, a claim so detached from reality it borders on blood libel. These posts are not slips of the tongue or isolated lapses; they are symptoms of an ideological current that vilifies the Jewish state with obsessive fervor and fuels the dangerous normalization of antisemitic rhetoric under the guise of activism.
PSC SA provides the infrastructure and crowd power that SAJFP taps into. At rallies organized by PSC SA, slogans such as “We are all Hamas” and “From the river to the sea” are not just chanted but celebrated. These are not fringe expressions. These are core parts of the platform. At one such event, held on the one-year anniversary of the 7 October Hamas massacre, SAJFP figures were present and applauding from the stage. That date marked the most brutal massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, yet the tone from the podium was celebratory, not sombre.
Behind the ideological scaffolding of this alliance are intellectual handlers such as Salim Vally and Usuf Chikte. Vally, a longtime academic agitator, has helped platform speakers from Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad under the guise of solidarity conferences. Usuf Chikte operates from within the Afro-Middle East Centre, where his writing and organizing give a veneer of academic legitimacy to Hamas-aligned talking points. Valley has a history of posting gross misinformation on his social media and continues to do so regardless of whether it is proven to be a lie or not.
Roshan Dadoo, a central figure in both PSC SA and the South African BDS Coalition, brings decades of experience in anti-Israel activism. Dadoo has worked closely with pro-Hamas platforms, invited controversial figures to speak on behalf of BDS causes, and helped entrench the notion that violent resistance is a justified response to Zionism. Her role is pivotal in building bridges between academic spaces and direct-action protest movements, making her a key operative in the ideological supply chain. Dadoo often invokes her mother’s Jewish heritage as a convenient shield against criticism, a hollow attempt to deflect scrutiny while promoting causes aligned with those who openly endorse antisemitic violence. Dadoo is a guest speaker and a major part of the Anti-Zionist conference to be held in June in Vienna and a key coordinator with the PSC UK, these organizations continually call for the eradication of the state of Israel.
These figures do not simply endorse resistance. They have helped create the narrative framework through which violence against Jews is normalized, sanitized, and then propagated in South African political life. They guide PSC SA’s rhetoric, influence media framing, and play a silent hand in shaping the talking points that SAJFP later echoes. This rhetoric is absorbed by DIRCO (The Department of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa’s Foreign Affairs Ministry) which diplomatically furthers this ideology which serves to enhance a “Global intifada” internationally. PSC SA and its affiliates have not only targeted Members of Parliament but have directly threatened them, forcing MPs such as Emma Louise Powell and Katherine Christie to be assigned security details due to credible risks linked to their vocal opposition to Hamas and support for Israel, because they haven’t taken a stance that aligns with the created anti-Israel narrative.
This ideological network extends further into the so-called humanitarian space. SAJFP has collaborated and aligned with Gift of the Givers, the organization founded by Dr. Imtiaz Sooliman. On the surface, Gift of the Givers presents as neutral and benevolent. In reality, Sooliman has long documented ties to Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the spiritual head of the Muslim Brotherhood and co-founder of the Union of Good-a US-sanctioned terror-financing network set up to fund Hamas. Gift of the Givers was listed as a member of the Union of Good. Sooliman in a podcast recently said “call me a terrorist, yes I am because I terrorize people who support genocide” he has been incorrectly saying that Israel has been committing genocide within 1 week of October 7th 2023.
SAJFP’s engagement with Sooliman and his organization is not incidental. It reflects a broader pattern of collaboration with actors and networks that either openly endorse or quietly facilitate Hamas’s ideological goals. These associations are whitewashed through PR-friendly campaigns, emotional appeals, and selective use of Jewish identity to neutralize criticism.
The danger here is not hypothetical. This alliance provides a soft-power pipeline for terrorism, one that operates through legal campaigns at the International Court of Justice, anti-Israel indoctrination in universities, and emotional manipulation of public discourse through staged protests. It is propaganda with a polished accent, made palatable by academic titles, Jewish surnames, and humanitarian slogans.
What this network has built is a domestic proxy for the strategic goals of internationally designated terror movements. And they have done so under the cover of democratic rights and civil society engagement.
The facts are not subtle. They are public. And they are damning.
The alignment between SAJFP, PSC SA, and their international partners is not accidental, ideological naivety, or the by-product of passionate activism. It is a carefully constructed ecosystem of narrative warfare, where antisemitic agitation is sanitized through civil society branding, and terror-linked talking points are laundered via academic conferences, protest placards, and social media campaigns. Whether through public incitement, strategic lawfare, or coordination with internationally sanctioned entities, these actors serve as a domestic extension of the ideological and operational objectives of Hamas and the PFLP. They do not merely sympathize with these groups-they replicate their language, promote their strategies, and enable their goals under the guise of human rights. What we are witnessing is not grassroots advocacy for peace, but a local conduit for global jihadist propaganda. This alliance-dressed in keffiyehs and couched in academic jargon-has become a willing megaphone for designated terror networks.
