South Africa's expulsion of Israel's senior diplomat is one of the most extreme diplomatic actions a government can take. It shows how much President Ramaphosa and his government hate Israel and the Jews: that the government is prepared to let its own people die rather than concede that its foreign policy on Israel is misguided.

And that is why the President is a cursed leader of a cursed party.

In this uncompromising address, Chief Rabbi Dr. Warren Goldstein explains why the South African government's decision represents state capture 2.0: the sale of South Africa's foreign policy.

The Israeli embassy was working with local communities to help address a devastating water crisis in the Eastern Cape. Millions of South Africans lack reliable access to clean water. Children fall ill from preventable diseases. Families queue for hours or share contaminated water with livestock.

When Israel offered help, the programme was halted. The diplomat was expelled. Because allowing Israel to alleviate human suffering threatened the optics of the ANC's anti-Israel agenda.

This decision cannot be viewed in isolation. It forms part of a broader pattern: hostility toward Israel, silence on Iran's human rights abuses, and growing alignment with regimes that export repression and terror. Time and again, South Africa's foreign policy has drifted away from the country's own national interest.

The Chief Rabbi warns that this path carries serious moral, economic, and political consequences, from undermining trade relations and jobs to deepening poverty and international isolation.

This is not about Israel alone. It is about governance, corruption, and the cost of allowing ideology to replace responsibility.

KEY INSIGHTS

• Expelling a senior diplomat is an extreme act that signals political breakdown

• South Africa's foreign policy is being traded away to serve external interests

• The poor bear the cost when ideology overrides humanitarian need

• This decision fits a wider pattern of moral inconsistency and selective outrage

• State capture has evolved from looting institutions to selling national interest