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South African Union Leader Calls for Attacks on Jews 'Everywhere'
Big Peace ^ | 8/14/2014 | Joel B. Pollak

Posted on 08/14/2014 3:30:04 AM PDT by markomalley

A leader of South Africa's most powerful trade union has called for attacks on Jews in response to the war in Gaza. 

In a posting on his personal Facebook page Wednesday, Tony Ehrenreich, the leader of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) in the Western Cape province, called for "an Eye for an Eye against Zionist aggression" and warned that "if a woman or child is killed in Gaza," then Jews who support Israel must face an equivalent fate.

Breitbart News reached Ehrenreich via his cell phone--which is publicly available--and he confirmed that the Facebook posting was his own. 

Ehrenreich is one of South Africa's more important political voices. He was the Cape Town mayoral nominee in 2011 for the country's major political party, the African National Congress (ANC), and still leads the opposition in the city council. He has strong anti-Israel views, and recently called for boycotts of Jewish businesses in South Africa if the Jewish community's leadership, the Board of Deputies, refused to stop supporting Israel.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Israel
KEYWORDS: africaunionleader; antisemitism; cosatu; tonyehrenreich
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The FB posting in question (screenshot in case it happens to "disappear"):


1 posted on 08/14/2014 3:30:05 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

His name suggests he is of German decent, who would have thunk it?


2 posted on 08/14/2014 3:37:19 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: DAC21

He clearly looks of African-Negro decent tho.


3 posted on 08/14/2014 3:43:46 AM PDT by GreatRoad (O < 0)
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To: markomalley

why does so many hate the Jews?
Not sure just what it is they’ve done?


4 posted on 08/14/2014 3:55:08 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) obammy lied and lied and lied)
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To: markomalley

He watched television while visiting in Washington last week?


5 posted on 08/14/2014 3:59:45 AM PDT by Recompennation (Constitutional protection for all not ju st selectively for Democrats.)
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To: Joe Boucher
why do so many hate the Jews?
Not sure just what it is they’ve done?


I don't get it either, and I'm no kid. I don't think much of the Muslim sect, but when the lady at the front desk at the Marriott in Saskatchewan in the hijab (and Roughriders jersey) gives me pleasant, exceptional service, I cannot help but think well of her.

Even if one believed lies, misleading statements and even ugly truths about individual Jews or Jewish people as a whole, I cannot see how that translates into wickedness against any individual Jew, or what such treatment would accomplish.
6 posted on 08/14/2014 4:06:09 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
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To: Joe Boucher

Jealousy and envy.


7 posted on 08/14/2014 4:16:56 AM PDT by monocle
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To: Joe Boucher

As far as Muslims are concerned ... it’s the Jewish people NOW... then they’ll move on to the rest of us.


8 posted on 08/14/2014 4:18:55 AM PDT by SMARTY ("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
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To: Joe Boucher
why does so many hate the Jews

It is fundamentally a spiritual issue. Imperfect as they are, God chose them for a purpose and put His mark on them. Since they are a reminder of God and we are all born haters of God we will hate those who represent Him.

Now this is a very broad brush explaination of some foundatinal theological issues. People will hate true Christians for the same reason.

9 posted on 08/14/2014 4:20:56 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: Joe Boucher

Nazis are coming out of the woodwork. Muzzies are Nazi by inclination and training, Hitler is still a hero to them. The left supports death to the Jews and pretty much everyone else except those who think as they do. The old myths that the Jews killed Christ, and that all the world’s finanical problems are because the Jews run the world’s banks are to be found even being taught by the left in our schools.

I believe Bush said we must fight them there or we will fight them here. Coming soon.


10 posted on 08/14/2014 4:21:15 AM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: tbpiper

” Since they are a reminder of God and we are all born haters of God we will hate those who represent Him.”

We are all born haters of God? What do you base that on?


11 posted on 08/14/2014 4:26:57 AM PDT by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: markomalley
So, if someone here in the U.S. publicly states that every time the Palestinians kill Israeli children or adults with car/bus bombings, tunnel attacks, suicide bombers and rockets, then it is open season on Palestinians everywhere in the world (in the malls, auto repair shops and restaurants where they work, their children, etc.), they will be allowed to say that and not be arrested?

What gives? Why has this man not been arrested by the authorities for inciting violence? Why can the Palestinians everywhere they are constantly call for killing Jews and nothing is done about it? I don't ever see Jews gathering in crowds and calling for mass killing of Palestinians.

12 posted on 08/14/2014 4:28:23 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: SMARTY
First the Saturday people

Then the Sunday people

Then the Friday people

Satanallah wont be happy till it's allah the people.

13 posted on 08/14/2014 4:36:24 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Jeremiah 50:32 "The arrogant one will stumble and fall ; / ?)
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To: Joe Boucher

Because Jews are God’s people literally. They brought forth the divine code of laws we should live by—and by these laws we are convicted.

For those of us who are Christian—our Messiah (Yeshuah) is a Jew. The devil & evil hates Christians and Jews equally.

His ultimate plan is our extermination, but it won’t happen. The world loves it’s own.

God Bless & Protect Israel Now & Forever!


14 posted on 08/14/2014 4:43:01 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Bible Summary in a few verses: John 14:6, John 6:29, Romans 10:9-10)
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To: tbpiper

Well said!


15 posted on 08/14/2014 4:43:55 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Bible Summary in a few verses: John 14:6, John 6:29, Romans 10:9-10)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

USA GOVT. HELPS IRAQ .......AND FIGHT AGAIN militants ..........


16 posted on 08/14/2014 4:56:24 AM PDT by financialbook (Textbook College Personal Finance )
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17 posted on 08/14/2014 5:23:27 AM PDT by SJackson (incompetent and feckless..the story of the Obama presidency. No hand on the f***ing tiller, Hillary)
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman
We are all born haters of God? What do you base that on?

The bible, specificly the book of Romans chapter 3 and Ecclesiastes chapter 7.

18 posted on 08/14/2014 5:32:53 AM PDT by tbpiper
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To: monocle
Jealousy and envy.

My guess too. Plus before the Jews had a country of their own they could be treated like 'the poor relatives taken in by pity'. They were exploited for cheap labor and for their superior intelligence a perverse flipped cousin of the Stockholm syndrome.

19 posted on 08/14/2014 5:51:26 AM PDT by GOPJ (Just remember, loot the liberals' houses, they don't have guns. - Freeper dfwgator)
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To: Joe Boucher

> why does so many hate the Jews?
> Not sure just what it is they’ve done?

God (Yahweh) promised Israel that the Messiah would come through the tribe of Judah (the Jews).

Jesus (Yahshua) is a Jew and the promised Messiah.

Satan HATES the Messiah.

Ergo, Satan HATES the Jews.

The world is currently controlled by Satan.

When Yahshua came the first time, it was to pay a debt and leave a promise of the resurrection to life everlasting.

When Yahshua comes the next time, it will be to collect on that debt and evict the bad tenant Satan.

The bad tenant Satan got his eviction notice with Christ’s victorious resurrection.

Like any bad tenant that gets an eviction notice, Satan is trashing the place until the landLORD finally comes to toss him out.


20 posted on 08/14/2014 5:55:07 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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