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Anti-semitism slurs are unjustified
The zionist lobby may cry foul but South Africa is only asking Israel to abide by the same rules as everyone else, argues JOHN HAYLETT

South Africa's well-organised zionist movement is up in arms at what it sees as the revolutionary tripartite alliance's "constant stream of anti-Israel vitriol."

Ben Levitas, who chairs the council of the SA Zionist Federation in the Cape, perceives a "general climate of heightened intolerance" against "the only state that also happens to be Jewish."

He accuses the alliance - the African National Congress, Communist Party and Cosatu trade union federation - of taking this stance in pursuit of the "large Muslim vote" in the provinces of Western Cape, controlled by the opposition Democratic Alliance, and Gauteng.

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