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How did South Africa and Israel end up as bedfellows here? From a common love of apartheid? Apart from that, they seemed to be in quite different geopolitical p
by dmurray 7y ago
How did South Africa and Israel end up as bedfellows here? From a common love of apartheid? Apart from that, they seemed to be in quite different geopolitical positions.
- mieseratte 7y agoPerhaps ironically, Israel condemned apartheid South Africa in the UN as part of a motion on the topic in the 60s. With that said, they had early, good relations as SA recognized Israel very early on, with a Prime Minister in support of Zionism, and this remained so for decades. [0] - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–South_Africa_relations#Early_Israeli_relations_with_apartheid_South_Africa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel–South_Africa_relation...
- EdwardDiego 7y agoThey both ended up quite politically isolated, and yeah, strange circumstances lead to strange bedfellows.
- andrepd 7y agoThey were also pursuing nuclear weapons contrary to the wishes of the international community.
- hackermang 7y agoWhy are people so upset about you pointing the racist ways of Israel?