Opinion
Leon’s defence of Israel a spurious claim of victimhood
In an opinion piece in last week’s Sunday Times entitled “Israel a handy alibi for SA’s poor foreign policy (https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/opinion-and-analysis/2021-03-28-israel-a-handy-alibi-for-sas-poor-foreign-policy/)”, Tony Leon, the erstwhile leader of the DA, pulled every trick in the apartheid playbook to criticise solidarity with the Palestinian cause. He began by misappropriating the words of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who has never shied away from an opportunity to condemn Israeli apartheid and demand full dignity and human rights for the Palestinian people. ..
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