US Politics on Yik Yak | I was doing some historical reading and I wanted to share an interesting quote. This is from South African prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd in 1961. Verwoerd is considered the primary architect behind the creation of South African apartheid.

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I was doing some historical reading and I wanted to share an interesting quote. This is from South African prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd in 1961. Verwoerd is considered the primary architect behind the creation of South African apartheid.

15 upvotes, 4 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "I was doing some historical reading and I wanted to share an interesting quote. This is from South African prime minister Hendrik Verwoerd in 1961. Verwoerd is considered the primary architect behind the creation of South African apartheid."

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This quote comes from the context of Israel condemning South African apartheid between 1960 and 1967. This opposition was reduced dramatically following Israel’s seizing of additional territory after the Six Day War. Following the Six Day War and 1973 Yom Kippur War, Israel was increasingly isolated and began pursuing much closer relations with South Africa.

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These closer relations included economic and military cooperation (including South African assistance in the Israeli nuclear program). Many Israeli officials continued to oppose South African racial segregation, but diplomatic ties continued increasing, especially after Likud took power in Israel in 1977.

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This closeness also extended to South Africa’s bantustan puppet regimes. These were states that South Africa declared to be separate from itself, and it transferred the citizenship of black South Africans to these states so that they were no longer considered citizens of South Africa. Israel pursued economic ties with Transkei, Boputhatswana, Ciskei, and KwaZulu. The Ciskei capital of Bisho even briefly became a sister city with the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ariel.

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A quote from South African prime minister John Vorster in 1971 (via the New York Times)