The New York Review of Books recently devoted a lot of space to a review of “The Sword and the...
During his attempt to prove that he is not “anti-Jews,” Chikane declared that he supports the two-state solution and the right of Palestinians to return to their “homes.” Ironically enough, Chikane missed the contradiction when he denied the right of Jews to return to
their homes. (More about that below.)
When the story of the reverend’s February 6 anti-peace rant broke in South Africa, Chikane tried to sound a bit conciliatory, telling the SAJR that while he should have used simpler language, he didn’t mean what he said literally, and he doesn’t support violence or terrorism: “People can disagree with me, but they don’t have a right to distort what I said.”