Tuesday, October 26, 2010
[The following, by Adam Levick, is crossposted from CiF Watch.]
Per the South African Zionist Federation:
"The SA Zionist Federation is holding its 47th Conference in March 2011, and we recently placed an order for conference bags from a company by the name of Saley's Travel Goods, based near Gold Reef City in Ormonde. The order was confirmed telephonically; we faxed it through and immediately received the invoice for the goods.The following day, however, the same invoice was faxed through to our offices again, with lines drawn through it stating "Order cancelled by management!" and the following sentences handwritten on the invoice:
"Sorry, we cannot supply you any of our goods as we don't want or need your blood money! Please do not contact us any more and remove all our contact details from your records and we will do likewise. We don't want to aid and abet organizations that are responsible for crimes against humanity. Please don't pay! Don't contaminate our account with your blood money!"
Over the past few years the SAZF has placed various orders with Saley's Travel Goods, purchasing conference bags and folders from them. We have never before been confronted with such naked hostility, such unbridled hatred, such disgusting slander and such overt anti-semitic sentiment.
Companies are at liberty to do business with whoever they choose; and it is their right to refuse to provide us with the goods. However, their reason for cancelling our order is deplorable; hence we have no compunction in naming and shaming them.
- Froma Sacks, Executive Coordinator, South African Zionist Federation
Apart from noting the extreme and glaring hypocrisy of S. Africans participating in boycotts of Israel as their own country continues to coddle and protect the genocidal leader of Sudan, as Froma Sacks said, in the face of such intolerance, it is incumbent that we continue to "name and shame" those who seek the isolation and delegitimization of the Jewish state.
I can only apologise on behalf of the South Africans who do pray for, support and love the people of Israel.
I will remember and pass on the name to all people I know - not to use this company.
The obvious question is whether this letter was actually from the management of this firm or from a vicious antiSemite or an aggrieved employee trying to sabotage the company. If they have purchased in the past with no problems and if the company really wants to stay in business, it could have been a deliberate act by an individual. I have seen other cases in which someone tries to destroy a company or its relationship with a customer.
I agree with Saba Hillel that this matter needs to be further investigated.
Saleys from what I know is an Indian Muslim owned company and given the hatred displayed by the South African Muslim community for Israel it could very well be that the owners want to appear.
This is good publicity for saleys.south african indians have taken over the markets and have the buying power in these related markets.these moves will reflect alot on what the are and what they stand for