Tag: South Africa
Israeli Health Ministry reports four cases of South African COVID-19 variant
Israel’s Health Ministry announced on Saturday that four cases of the highly contagious South African COVID-19 variant have been discovered in Israel.
The disturbing development comes amid Israel’s aggressive vaccination drive, with Israeli Prime Minister...
Report: Iran plotted to assassinate US ambassador to South Africa
Iran reportedly considered assassinating the U.S. ambassador to South Africa in retaliation for the assassination of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani by the United States earlier this year, two...
Anti-Semitic incidents in South Africa fall to 15-year low
The number of anti-Semitic incidents in South Africa fell to a 15-year low, according to the country’s Jewish umbrella organization.
A total of 36 anti-Semitic incidents were recorded in 2019, compared to 62 the previous year, according...
Jewish Agency chair Herzog visits volunteers helping children in South Africa
Jewish Agency for Israel chair Isaac Herzog visited Durban, South Africa, on Thursday, meeting with visiting agency volunteers who are assisting disadvantaged people as part of tikkun olam initiatives to “repair the world.”
He told a group...
Jewish graves vandalized in South Africa
The Jewish community in Strand, South Africa, filed a police complaint recently after four gravestones in the local Jewish cemetery were vandalized. Last week, two other Jewish cemeteries in the same district of Western...
Cape Town synagogue set ablaze, valuable Torah scrolls completely burnt
Torah scrolls worth more than half a million dollars were burned and damaged in a fire on Tuesday night at the Arthurs Road synagogue in Cape Town, South Africa, the congregation’s rabbi, Sam Thurgood,...
First-ever delegation of MKs visits South Africa
A group of Israeli Knesset members returned from a visit to South Africa this week, the first-ever such delegation of lawmakers to visit the country, the Jewish Agency said in a statement Thursday.
During their...
South African ruling party wants to downgrade embassy in Israel
South Africa’s ruling party this week announced its intention of downgrading its embassy in Israel to an “interest office.”
At a major policy conference in Johannesburg, the African National Congress’s international relations committee decided on...