A hawkish American think tank, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), has just published a report titled Hiding in Plain Sight: A Playbook for Combating Hamas in South Africa. It details the extensive ties of the African National Congress (ANC) to Iran and purported links to Hamas against several South Africans. It calls for sanctions against Emad Saber, Hamas’s representative in South Africa; the Al-Quds Foundation of South Africa; and activist cleric Ebrahim Gabriels. The FDD also calls for further investigation into the director of Gift of the Givers, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman; Mandla Mandela; and the Media Review Network. The FDD report calls for South Africa to designate Hamas a terrorist group, and publicly distance itself from Tehran. But how credible is this report, and what influence does the FDD have on United States President Donald Trump’s White House?
Sam Busa