\u201cThey (Jews) are devils, they are good for nothing\u2026 they (Jews), like Adam Habib, are uncircumcised at heart,\u201d ranted ousted Wits Student Representative Council (SRC) president Mcebo Dlamini in an interview with PowerFM on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
In defence of these remarks, he said the Jewish community had misconstrued his \u201cI love Hitler\u201d comments and taken them out of context. \u201cAfter this, I thought to myself, I will show you exactly who you are\u2026 they (Jews) are hypocrites!\u201d<\/p>\n
Defending his \u201cI love Hitler\u201d comments, Dlamini reiterated that he was comparing Nazi Germany to apartheid Israel. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen a black student says that \u2018white people hate Adolf Hitler, but they are doing exactly what he did\u2019, I say that I love Adolf Hitler,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
National director of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) Wendy Kahn told The Star on Thursday morning that Dlamini\u2019s comments were nothing short of hate speech.<\/p>\n
She said they were \u201cnothing more than a resurfacing of old-style European anti-Semitism\u201d, and were reminiscent of medieval anti-Jewish hatred, in which Jews were dehumanised and demonised. \u201cWe are appalled that a young South African would choose to utilise this bigoted speech.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kahn said the SAJBD had lodged a complaint with the South African Human Rights Commission in April against Dlamini\u2019s initial comments, and would take further action against his latest comments.<\/p>\n
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