Al-Qalam 
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The Media Review Network (MRN) commends the South African government for engaging with the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas.
Whilst Israel and its Western patrons have ostracised Hamas, Pretoria has shown leadership by reaching out to Ismail Haneyah, leader of Hamas.
For Minister Pandor to reach out to Hamas is not only an important benchmark in how our foreign policy has evolved – a classic example of what Aziz Pahad described as “insurgent diplomacy”.
It also dispels the false propaganda propelled by the US and its Western allies that Hamas is a ‘terrorist’ organisation.
South Africa has an interest in backing the Resistance against Zionist settler colonialism and apartheid and this must not be allowed to be undermined by local Zionist organisations and their lackeys in the political sphere.
Media Review Network
Johannesburg
