S. Africa may cancel dual citizenship to curb IDF enlistment

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Source: Times of Israel

African National Congress considering change in bid to stop country’s Jews from serving in Israel’s army

The African National Congress, South Africa’s ruling party, is considering canceling the country’s dual citizenship policy in a bid to prevent South African Jews from making aliya and serving in the IDF.

Obed Bapela, a senior ANC official who heads its National Executive Committee on International Relations, said the “model” of dual citizenship may not have “a place in the world,” the South African daily The Sunday Times reported.

The government in Pretoria has been among the most hostile to Israel in recent years. South Africa’s minister of higher education Blade Nzimande, a member of the Communist Party, has openly campaigned to boycott Israeli universities and other institutions, and was denied entry into the country for a working visit to Palestinian Authority areas in April.

An ANC party conference discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the issue of South Africans serving in the IDF, in July. The issue would be taken up again in the party’s National General Council in October, the Times said.

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