Nathan Glogauer

I start with dessert first!!

[Stefan Jacobs @stefanjacobs]

South Africa could have been a great country, but the ANC chose looting over building, envy over pride, incompetence over merit, lies over truth, revenge over reconciliation. I will never forgive the ANC for what they’ve done to South Africa. Treason of the highest order.

[South African Zionist Federation @SAzionfed]

As the Global Sumud Flotilla is currently being intercepted in a confrontation its organisers and participants knew was inevitable - generating exactly the international spectacle and media attention it was designed to attract - many communities in South Africa’s Eastern Cape continue to live without reliable access to clean water.

Among those publicly aligned with the flotilla campaign is Mandla Mandela, a traditional leader in the Eastern Cape itself.

Families in the province still walk for water. Clinics and schools continue operating with failing infrastructure. Yet this humanitarian crisis receives virtually no attention while political theatre thousands of kilometres away dominates headlines, hashtags, and international outrage.

So we launched the Eastern Cape Flotilla.

Not for symbolism. For delivery.

Visit our Site. Watch the video. Share it widely. Help us force attention onto a crisis happening here at home.

https://t.co/eAkl94RKWU

[Embassy of Israel SA @IsraelinSA]

ISRAEL NOW A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF PEACE: Ahead of his White House meeting with President Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US Sec. of State Marco Rubio to sign Israel’s accession as a member of the Board of Peace.

The Board of Peace is a U.S. led international organization chaired by President Donald Trump, established to oversee post-war reconstruction and demilitarization efforts in Gaza.

"We will continue strengthening the unbreakable alliance between Israel and the United States."- PM Benjamin Netanyahu

[Jerusalem News Syndicate @JNS_org]

OPINION | What does South Africa stand for anymore? For many women who live there and for millions watching from outside the country, the answer is becoming deeply uncomfortable.

by @AngieSegal01 (from @SAzionfed)

🔗https://t.co/g8h7XfGLzX

[South African Zionist Federation @SAzionfed]

Cry, the Thirsty Country

The ANC government’s decision to expel Israel’s Chargé d’Affaires, Ariel Seidman, is an act of staggering moral bankruptcy - a choice that exposes a ruling party more committed to ideological hostility than to the welfare of the people it has so (1/19)

[Gideon Sa'ar | גדעון סער @gidonsaar]

I welcome the decision of the EU Foreign Ministers to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization.
This is an important and historic decision.
For years, and with even greater intensity in recent weeks, Israel has worked to achieve this outcome.
The number one actor in spreading terror and undermining regional stability has now been called by its name.
Designating the IRGC as a terrorist organization will thwart and criminalize their activities in Europe. It will deal a significant economic blow to an organization that controls a vast share of the Iranian regime’s economy, and it sends an important message to the brave men and women of Iran who are fighting for their freedom.
Above all, the legitimacy of this murderous and oppressive regime has suffered a powerful blow today.

[Embassy of Israel SA @IsraelinSA]

From the @sajewishreport:

“Israel’s offer to assist the Eastern Cape with water, healthcare, and agriculture expertise…was flatly condemned by provincial Premier Lubabalo Oscar Mabuyane as soon as he heard about it.”

“….Mabuyane has accused Israeli embassy officials and AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo of breaching diplomatic protocol.”

“@DavidSaranga, who is familiar with the AbaThembu king, who recently visited Israel, met him and about 50 traditional leaders to make the offer. When asked what he wanted in return, he said, “The only thing we need is your friendship.” 

Read more: https://t.co/Hd1mXTnI16

[Paul Siwela @presmlo10]

Matebeleland Nation remembers with sorrow the 6M Jews murdered for being Jewish. We condemn rising antisemitism & urge world leaders to protect Jewish communities as they do all others. We stand in solidarity with the Jewish people. #NeverForget #StandAgainstAntisemitism

[Embassy of Israel SA @IsraelinSA]

Today, on the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, we honor the memory of the six million Jewish victims who were murdered under Nazi persecution. We remember their lives, bear witness to history, and reaffirm our shared responsibility to stand against hatred, antisemitism, and all forms of intolerance- today and always.

[David Saranga @DavidSaranga]

Health experts from Israel will assist hospitals in the Eastern Cape 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇿🇦

Following King Dalindyebo’s visit to Israel and his meeting with the Director of Sheba Medical Center, I visited Mthatha General Hospital and Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital.

We held in-depth discussions with their CEOs on cooperation with Sheba, Israel’s largest and most comprehensive hospital.

Sheba Medical Center has been recognized by Newsweek as one of the World's Best Hospitals, ranking #8 among other leading hospitals from 30 countries.

[David Saranga @DavidSaranga]

https://t.co/2s8c2wmsy2

[Embassy of Israel SA @IsraelinSA]

Israel is bringing water to the Eastern Cape 🇮🇱🇿🇦

Following King Dalindyebo’s visit to Israel, Ambassador @DavidSaranga from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs met in Mthatha with dozens of traditional leaders to promote access to clean drinking water in remote villages.

Ambassador Saranga was accompanied by a representative of @InnovationAfric, a non-profit organization delivering solar-powered clean water to remote communities across Sub-Saharan Africa.

[David Saranga @DavidSaranga]

From my yesterday interview with @HowardFeldman :

Q: “After the October 7 massacre, why has @DIRCO_ZA never reached out to the embassy to at least say that their thoughts and prayers are with the people of Israel?”

A: “This you should ask DIRCO; it’s a good question. They don’t have to reach out… they can even write a tweet and just tweet it, “condolences,” and that’s it! Something they didn’t do… it took them a long time until they referred to the suffering on the Israeli side…”

“When you support the Palestinian people - and I have nothing against supporting the Palestinian people, on the contrary, I think the better they live, the better it will be for Israel - but the moment you support one side and the moment you ignore the suffering on the other side, it says a lot.”

@chaifm @IsraelinSA

[Embassy of Israel SA @IsraelinSA]

Qatar? Again Qatar? Pretend you are surprised.

[Embassy of Israel SA @IsraelinSA]

Deputy Foreign Minister @SharrenHaskel held a meeting with a delegation of Christian leaders from South Africa, representing the National Pentecostal Forums and an estimated 5 million believers.

The fact-finding visit, organized by South Africa Friends of Israel @MZANSIISRAEL , focused on recent developments in the region, the resilience of Israeli society and the broad public support for Israel within South Africa - standing in clear contrast to the stance of the country’s ruling party.

[David Saranga @DavidSaranga]

Deputy Foreign Minister @SharrenHaskel met with a delegation of Christian leaders from South Africa, representing the National Pentecostal Forums and some 5 million believers.

Initiated by South Africa Friends of Israel, the fact-finding mission discussed recent regional developments, the resilience of Israeli society, and the strong support Israel enjoys among the South African public, in clear contrast to the ruling party’s positions.

Thank you @MZANSIISRAEL

[South African Zionist Federation @SAzionfed]

SAZF Commends Minister McKenzie for Halting Qatari Influence Operation at South Africa’s Venice Biennale Pavilion

Johannesburg, South Africa - The South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) commends Gayton McKenzie, Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, for his decisive and principled decision to cancel the agreement with Art Periodic for South Africa’s 2026 Venice Biennale pavilion. His intervention safeguarded South Africa’s cultural sovereignty against an attempt by a foreign state to use a taxpayer-funded national platform as a proxy for its geopolitical agenda.

While Minister McKenzie did not publicly name the foreign state in his official statements, multiple credible international reports have since identified Qatar as the country involved. Reporting by ARTnews, The Jerusalem Post, and Ynet has linked Qatar to arrangements to purchase artworks exhibited in South Africa’s pavilion after the Biennale. According to ARTnews, this information was provided by South African officials.

The purpose and effect of this arrangement were clear. Qatar would have been able to exert influence over the content of South Africa’s national pavilion without appearing as an official funder, sponsor, or exhibitor, and without renting its own pavilion to advance its views openly. Instead, it would have operated indirectly, using South Africa’s national platform to project political messaging hostile to Israel.

This arrangement reportedly incentivised the inclusion of highly politicised material, including allegations of “genocide” in Gaza, the reframing of South African and Namibian historical experiences through the Israel-Hamas conflict, and tributes aligned with explicitly anti-Israel narratives. Such messaging aligns with a broader and well-documented pattern in which Qatar uses cultural, academic, and civil society platforms internationally to promote anti-Israel narratives while avoiding direct attribution or scrutiny.

All of this would have taken place under the banner of South Africa’s national pavilion, funded by South African taxpayers, while Qatar remained in the background.

In his official statement, Minister McKenzie correctly identified this conduct as unacceptable. He warned that South Africa’s pavilion was being used as a “proxy” by a foreign power to advance a geopolitical message relating to Israel and Gaza, and posed the obvious question: if a state wishes to promote a political position and has the resources to do so, why does it not do so transparently, in its own name, by renting its own space? His decision ensured that South Africa’s pavilion would not be repurposed as an instrument of foreign political messaging.

This episode raises broader and deeply concerning questions. Qatar’s actions at the Venice Biennale fit a wider international modus operandi in which the state seeks to project influence indirectly, particularly in cultural, academic, and civil society spaces, while shielding itself from accountability. Similar concerns have been raised globally about Qatari funding and ideological influence within universities and cultural institutions, where political advocacy is often cloaked in the language of scholarship, decolonisation, or human rights.

South Africa must be vigilant. Cultural and academic institutions should be spaces for genuine creativity, inquiry, and debate, not vehicles for undisclosed foreign influence or the laundering of geopolitical narratives. Transparency is not optional where public platforms and public money are concerned.

Genuine artistic freedom flourishes in openness and accountability. It does not flourish in the shadows of covert sponsorship and proxy politics. South Africa’s voice on the global stage must remain sovereign, transparent, and free from manipulation by foreign states pursuing their own agendas.

[Trevor RYX @GodTRYX]

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus, former IDF Spokesperson speaks worrying facts.

It is not South Africa's actions that may lead to sanctions; it is solely the doing of the ANC.

Iran is toppling over and Russia is at war yet the ANC wants to engage them in military exercises?🚮

[Embassy of Israel SA @IsraelinSA]

Israeli FM @gidonsaar:
“We see the people of Iran and we support their struggle for freedom”