More of South Africa s Jews may leave the country if the governing African National Congress continues to side with the Palestinians in the ongoing Middle East crisis, a Jewish leader warned. “We note that the ANC condemns only Jewish aggression and never PLO aggression. When Israelis are killed the government is silent,” said Russell Gaddin, national chairman of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies.
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