South African Jewish leaders criticize President Ramaphosa for chanting a genocidal slogan calling for the elimination of Israel during an election rally. The Jewish community is outraged by his rhetoric and considers it to be hateful and hypocritical.
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President Ramaphosa chanted a genocidal slogan calling for the elimination of Israel at an ANC election rally.
The South African Jewish Board of Deputies condemned the President's rhetoric as hateful and hypocritical.
The ANC has shown increasingly militant opposition to Israel in recent years.
The chant has origins in the Hamas Charter and is seen as a call for the destruction of the Jewish State.