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/ 17 August 2006

Jewish board slams ANC resolution on Middle East

The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has castigated a draft African National Congress parliamentary resolution on the Middle East, saying it could have a dangerous and unfortunate double effect. ”The SAJBD condemns the draft resolution by the ANC on the Middle East as totally one-sided,” board chairperson Michael Bagraim said on Thursday.

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/ 2 August 2006

SA Jewish board defends military action in Mideast

The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) has rejected as ”unjust” a government statement condemning Israeli military actions in Lebanon and Gaza. ”The SAJBD regards this statement as unjust, highly partisan and wholly unreflective of the realities of the current conflict in the Middle East,” said national chairperson Michael Bagraim.

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/ 18 May 2005

Jewish board attacks Rath lawyer’s ‘Nazi’ claim

A representative of vitamin entrepreneur Matthias Rath has come under fire from the SA Jewish Board of Deputies for likening the Treatment Action Campaign to Nazis. Lawyer Anthony Brink made the claim in papers he filed in reply to the TAC’s application in the Cape High Court for an urgent defamation interdict against Rath and his Dr Rath Health Foundation.

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/ 4 April 2002

Jewish Board criticise ‘one-sided’ Mbeki

Johannesburg | Monday THE SA Jewish Board of Deputies on Monday criticised President Thabo Mbeki’s recent statements on the Middle East conflict as one-sided. The board said that while the president had called on Israel to withdraw its forces from Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s Ramallah headquarters, he had not condemned the Palestinian suicide bombings which […]

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/ 25 October 2001

Jewish Board hauls Kasrils over the coals

Johannesburg | Wednesday WATER Affairs Minister Ronnie Kasrils was uninformed about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and was using his Jewish background to give credibility to the ANC’s pro-Palestinian stance, the SA Jewish Board of Deputies said on Wednesday. SAJBD chairman Russell Gaddin said in a statement he was not prepared to debate the issues with Kasrils […]