South African Jews sound the alarm as government reaches out to Hamas

Pretoria’s stance “reprehensible,” Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein tells Jewish Insider, as government says Israel has no right to defend itself

South Africa’s Jewish community is on a collision course with the country’s government, following official expressions of solidarity with Hamas after the terrorist group massacred more than 1,400 people in Israel on Oct. 7.

Pretoria announced that it would...

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