Shashi Naidoo received multiple death threats amid fierce online backlash to her anti-Hamas and pro-Israel comments. Fearing for her life, she apologized.
Israel expressed “shock and dismay” after South Africa’s ANC party hosted a meeting with Hamas leader Mashaal on the same day that Hamas called for suicide bombings against Israelis.
South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has urged its citizens not to travel to Israel unless it is to promote “solidarity with the Palestinian struggle.”