by Paul Woodward
05.24.2010
Chris McGreal, in a series of reports triggered by the publication of Sasha Polakow-Suransky’s new book, The Unspoken Alliance, writes: For years after its birth, Israel was publicly critical of apartheid and sought to build alliances with the newly independent African states through the 1960s. But after the 1973 Yom Kippur war, African governments increasingly [...]
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Israel’s dark past arming apartheid South Africa
by Paul Woodward 05.11.2010A new attack on Judge Richard Goldstone is the latest effort in a campaign to direct attention away from his allegations that Israel committed war crimes in Gaza. In this instance though, questions about Goldstone’s record as a judge in apartheid South Africa are overshadowed by the Jewish state’s own role in helping support the [...]