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Title:Israel and the Socio-Economic Status of South Africa's Jewish Community
Author:Marmont, Jean-Jacques
Year:1989
Periodical:Journal of Modern African Studies
Volume:27
Issue:1
Pages:143-152
Language:English
Geographic terms:South Africa
Israel
Subjects:Jews
foreign policy
Ethnic and Race Relations
international relations
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/161360
Abstract:The links that the Israelis have forged with Pretoria are strongly affected by the role and importance of the local Jewish community, including its delicate relationship with the Afrikaner-controlled regime. While 120,000 Jews may appear to be trivial in number, their concentration in the main urban centres helped to make them a significant commercial and economic force in South Africa prior to 1948. Although the magnitude of Jewish financial power never created the strong political leverage that is to be found in a number of highly industrialized nations, the community's contribution to the besieged economy of South Africa has had a profound effect on key Afrikaner decisionmakers, notably as regards their willingness to approve the outflow of funds to Israel. Explaining the relationships between the two governments as a function of Israel's concern for Jewry presents an immediate, short-term excuse for that State's long-term economic interests. Notes, ref.
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