Sanctioning Apartheid - KORA

THE SOUTH AFRICA-ISKAEL
ALLIANCE, 1986-1988: PUBLIC
RELATIONS AND REALITY
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
Owr the past two years, something has changed in the
Sauth Africa-lsrael alliance in terms of public relations and
propaganda, but nothing has changed in terms of the substance.
We will review here some recent developments in order to
illustrate the gap between propaganda and d ty.
Recent events in Swth Africa have made it clear that the
aprheid regime is in trouble and its end is in sight For Israel,
such a prospect is txuly frigheg The fall of apartheid will be
for Israel not only a psychological blow, but aka a strategic
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In an article entitled, "Why South fical" A. Schweitzer
expressed the views of the "liberal" Israeli elite regarding the
aptheid atisis and Israel's alliance with the apartheid regimee
His pmposis for the fuhue of apartheid is positive, and
presumably comes from govefnment evaluations: "It seems that
Israel's government, which continue its contacts with South
does have a good idea of the outcome of a race between
white srisknce in South Africa and the doom predicted by its
domestic critics." And he gives another reason why Israel should