Posted on 02/24/2023 11:44:07 AM PST by Olog-hai
Desperate to find a restroom after a nearly nine-hour flight from Johannesburg, South African university student Klaas Mokgomole grabbed his carry-on and hurried off the plane.
Urgently searching out a gate agent at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport and praying that the man understood English, Mokgomole asked sincerely, “Can you please show me to the blacks-only restroom?”
The agent’s eyes widened in disbelief. He told Mokgomole in no uncertain terms that he never heard of such a thing and pointed him to a nearby bathroom.
That’s when it was Mokgomole’s turn to be confused.
Mokgomole — then a South African university student and outspoken youth leader of the anti-Israel, Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) movement — stood in the busy airport restroom dumbfounded as Jews and Arabs went in and out. They would have been oblivious to the transformation taking place as they stepped around him on that day in July 2015.
Recalling that seminal moment, Mokgomole explained to the Tazpit Press Service during a recent visit to Jerusalem, “I was taught very emphatically racism in Israel runs so deep that the Jews do not even share their toilets with blacks or Arabs. To see within the first few moments after landing in Israel that this clearly is not the case marked a turning point for me.”
His curiosity sparked, Mokgomole began what would become a transformational journey from virulent anti-Israel activist to passionate peacemaker and bridge-builder between Israel and the rest of the world. …
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Sounds like some BS one would hear in the states for a shake down scam.
Justice brothers seen peeking around corner.
Kudos to this man for standing up for the truth.
No worse than the lies that leftists are spreading about the US.
Thanks for posting. Great story.
Y-you there is no gas leak?
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