Government ‘wins first round’ in SA-Israeli Miss Universe fallout
She said the boycotts of sporting events, beauty pageants and similar events by the world in response to apartheid South Africa had been successful. As a result, she said South Africa was banned from participating in the Miss World pageants from 1978 to 1990.In respect of the Miss Universe in Israel, she said Miss Greece, Miss Barbados, Miss Morocco, Miss Laos, Miss Malaysia and Miss Indonesia had all withdrawn from the pageant.
She said government’s stance on Mswane was “certainly one which has been adopted previously in respect of the challenge against apartheid and against human rights abuses by South Africa and the international community at large”.
“In fact, it seems that Miss SA and the pageant’s rights holders seem to have no regard whatsoever for the plight of the Palestinian people, which includes the complete disregard of the rights of women and children,” Moncho argued.Moncho said Israel established a legation in South Africa in 1952 and in 1974 this was upgraded to an embassy. In 1972, South Africa established a consulate general in Tel Aviv which was upgraded to an embassy in December 1975.
“Accordingly, full diplomatic relations with Palestine were established. Government downgraded its embassy in Tel Aviv to a liaison office in 2019. This is clearly in line with its stance to support the Palestinian people. Government has never recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “There is currently limited political and diplomatic interaction between South Africa and Israel, mainly due to Israel’s antagonistic attitude towards the Middle East peace process and disregard for international law regard the rights of the Palestinians and their territories,” Moncho argued in part.
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