Recent statements by South African Member of Parliament Munzoor Shaik Emam, who visited the Palestine territories in July 2023, have sparked controversy and concern internationally. In a series of public comments, Emam, affiliated with the National Freedom Party, has made threatening remarks towards the Jewish community in South Africa, specifically mentioning the City of Cape Town as a potential site of a 'bloodbath' if it were to be influenced by Zionist interests. These comments have been widely criticized and have raised alarms over the potential for antisemitism and violence. Concurrently, South Africa has made headlines by accusing Israel of implementing policies in the Palestinian territories that constitute an 'even more extreme version of apartheid' than what was experienced in South Africa before 1994. This accusation was presented to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, intensifying the global discourse on Israel's treatment of Palestinians.
South Africa said Tuesday that Israel’s policies toward Palestinians were “a more extreme form of apartheid,” invoking its own charged history of racial discrimination to add to global pressure on Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. https://t.co/2GwfpnSIrY https://t.co/Ycr5v6mviP
#Israel is applying an even more extreme version of apartheid in the #Palestinian territories than experienced in South Africa before 1994, Pretoria says. https://t.co/dU8NCQqqO9
South African politician accuses rivals of selling Cape Town to Jews https://t.co/QpDUVUjhdE
WATCH: South African Member of Parliament Threatens Jews with 'Bloodbath' https://t.co/qbwoRjutHn
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South Africa going full on antisemite.. Oh wait they already did that giving material aid and support to terrorism https://t.co/r3L7i0YP6S
South African MP Ahmed Munzoor Shaik Emam: If the City of Cape Town Is Handed Over to the Zionists, There Will Be a Bloodbath; We Will Not Allow You to Make It a Jewish State! #SouthAfrica #antisemitism https://t.co/WWzJ5rgU8v
This is stomach churning. Muslim, South African MP Munzoor Shaik Emam who's with the National Freedom Party @NFP_Updates. He visited the Palestine territories in Jul 2023. He threatens a bloodbath in Cape Town if the Zionists take over. This is why South Africa is a sh*thole. https://t.co/R1u6h5qEHw
#Israel is applying an even more extreme version of apartheid in the Palestinian territories than experienced in South Africa before 1994, Pretoria tells the world’s top court. https://t.co/dU8NCQqqO9 https://t.co/Gxn1UA8tWC
BREAKING: Israel is applying an even more extreme version of apartheid in the Palestinian territories than experienced in South Africa before 1994, Pretoria told the world’s top court on Tuesday. https://t.co/7bXTHQgJSB
South African parliament member: “If you think the people of this country is going to allow you and take this beautiful country… and hand it over to the ‘Zionist’… the city of cape town will be a bloodbath…” https://t.co/iXFCB4ptps
“We won’t allow you make this a Jewish state. The City of Cape Town would be a bloodbath” South African Member of Parliament Munzoor Shaik Emam threatens Jews living in South Africa. Didn’t SA take Israel to court for “genocidal rhetoric?” Mirror needed https://t.co/k2wc9fl03o
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