The government’s futile fixation on Israel risks its credibility and deprives citizens of the Jewish state’s support and technology enjoyed by many other African nations
A Jewish man waves an Israeli flag in Jerusalem's Old City. Picture: REUTERS/AMIR COHENthe SA government “is appalled at the unjust and unwarranted decision of the AU Commission to grant Israel observer status in the AU”, labelling the decision as “shocking”.
Why then, the department’s aggressive and unilateral opposition? By taking this position SA is losing many opportunities to harness Israeli solutions for many of the problems our country faces today, including power generation, water and sanitation. Other African states are actively co-operating with Israel to bring these benefits to millions of poor citizens.
Furthermore, the recent violence, civil unrest, looting and destruction in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng will cost government at least R50bn. These funds, which could have been used for infrastructure investment, education, job creation and other upliftment programmes, will be diverted towards returning to base level.is, together with the lumbering vaccination programme being slowly rolled out by the government, hinders our economy from fully opening up and costs jobs and investment.
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