Ronnie Kasrils

Ronnie Kasrils is a South African
politician. He has been a member of
the Executive Committee of the African
National Congress since 1987.

Israeli Apartheid

Ronnie Kasrils, 21 April 2009
Middle-East, Opinions , South Africa, Israel, Alternatives International Journal
For the liberation movements of southern Africa, Israel and apartheid South Africa represented a racist, colonial axis. It was noted that people like John Vorster had been Nazi sympathisers, interned during World War II - yet feted as heroes in Israel and, incidentally, never again referred to by South African Zionists as anti-Semites. It is instructive to add that in its conduct and methods of repression, Israel came to resemble more and more apartheid South Africa at its zenith— even surpassing its brutality, house demolitions, removal of communities, targeted assassinations, (...)

Israeli Apartheid

Ronnie Kasrils, 14 March 2009
Opinions , South Africa, Israel, Palestine, Alternatives International Journal
I want to start by quoting a South African who emphatically stated as far back as 1963 that “Israel is an apartheid state.” Those were not the words of Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Tutu or Joe Slovo, but were uttered by none other than the architect of apartheid itself, racist Prime Minister, Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd. He was irked by the criticism of apartheid policy and Harold Macmillan’s “Winds of Change” speech, in contrast to the West’s unconditional support for Zionist Israel. To be sure Verwoerd was correct. Both states preached and implemented a policy based on racial ethnicity; (...)

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