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Many Jewish South Africans, both individuals and organisations, helped support the anti-apartheid movement. It was estimated that Jews were disproportionately represented (some sources maintain by as much as 2,500%) among whites involved in anti-apartheid political activities.[73] Much like other English-speaking white South Africans, Jews supported either the Progressive Party or the United Party. One organisation, the Union of Jewish Women, sought to alleviate the suffering of blacks through charitable projects and self-help schemes. Fourteen of the 23 whites involved in the 1956 Treason Trial were Jewish and all five whites of the 17 members of the African National Congress who were arrested for anti-apartheid activities in 1963 were Jewish.

In addition to the well-known high profile Jewish anti-apartheid personalities, there were very many ordinary Jews who expressed their revulsion of apartheid in diverse ways and contributed to its eventual downfall. Many Jews actively provided humanitarian assistance for black communities. Johannesburg's Oxford Synagogue and Cape Town's Temple Israel established nurseries, medical clinics and adult education programs in the townships and provided legal aid for victims of apartheid laws. Many Jewish lawyers acted as nominees for non-whites who were not allowed to buy properties in white areas.[75]

Joe Slovo (born Yossel Mashel Slovo; 23 May 1926 – 6 January 1995) was a South African politician, and an opponent of the apartheid system. A Marxist-Leninist, he was a long-time leader and theorist in the South African Communist Party (SACP), a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), and a commander of the ANC's military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). [...] Slovo was born in Obeliai, Lithuania, to a Jewish family that emigrated to the Union of South Africa when he was eight.

Lmao even the South African-Israeli alliance was just pure Jewish pragmatism, internally they were publicly criticising it, most Israelis opposed apartheid (despite public support for their own 'apartheid' regime obviously) and they ended ties and sanctioned them in 1987 anyway which is many ways was the final nail in the coffin for white-minority rule. Israel only supported Rhodesia and South Africa as a last-resort, it initially prioritised making ties with the black states but Arab leaders like Nasser and Gadaffi pressured the Africans not to. Never trust a Chosenite.

[–]JuliusCaesar225Nationalist + Socialist 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I thought Israel supported apartheid till the end? I always figured Israeli supported apartheid South Africa because it took the heat off them.

Also do you have any statistics that show Israeli's opposed apartheid?

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Israel never supported apartheid, they condemned that policy and only reluctantly worked with South Africa on tech-sharing (especially in regards to nuclear weapons) and economic terms because they needed some allies outside of Europe and North America. South Africa and Rhodesia were last-choice picks from who they could work with in Africa, because the only black African states at the time willing to work with Israel were Malawi and Ethiopia (pre-collapse of its monarchy).

There's no official stats on Israeli thoughts on apartheid that I've seen but most of the sources I've read on the subject usually said the Israeli population didn't really like the South African government and Apartheid.

The article on South Africa-Israel relations on Wikipedia and this article here have a lot of good information about the subject.