The United States can go to hell.... The South Africa must change the name of the street. It is their country. And the United States can't be dictating for them.....
They should pack their shit and leave.....
ClassicMan202:
South African trying to sound relevant in world affairs 🤣🤣🤣
At least they are doing something.....not like Nigerians, the puppets of united States and other western countries.........and begging for aids like Almajiri
Lol.! So, according to your logic, living under what you imagine to be an "apartheid system" justifies the brutal massacre of innocent civilians on October 7th? Let me guess, if your neighbour parks in your spot, you’d burn down their house, right? Because that’s essentially the level of proportionality you’re endorsing here.
What's with this “apartheid” nonsense. Israel is a democracy where Arab citizens serve as judges, MPs, and even in the military. Meanwhile, Hamas, the lovely guys you’re indirectly defending, openly call for the annihilation of Jews in their charter. But keep pretending Israel is the problem here.
You say Israel should “adhere to the two-state solution” ! Hamas has repeatedly rejected any two-state solution, and their idea of “peace” involves rockets and tunnels, not negotiation tables. Kindly enlighten me: how exactly do you negotiate with a group whose founding principle is your destruction? Should Israel just hand over and hope for the best?
Where’s your outrage when Hamas uses civilians as human shields or diverts aid money to build rockets? Or when they execute political opponents in the streets? Funny how those “crimes” never seem to make your list.
You claim that “no one names” the Palestinians who die ,perhaps because Hamas doesn’t exactly keep meticulous records unless it suits their propaganda. Again,if Israel laid down its arms today, what do you think would happen? And if Hamas laid down theirs? Be honest, we both know the answer.
Now, since you’re so keen on “taking stock of Israel’s crimes,” you should explain why every time Israel offers peace, it’s met with violence? Or why the Palestinian leadership has rejected every two-state proposal since 1947? Or why Hamas spends millions on terror tunnels instead of schools and hospitals?
I’ll wait for a response. Take your time .
You are an iddiotic clown who understands nothing and is enslaved to white supremacy, you don't deserve a proper response, you are a wretched disgrace to your heritage and family and worse than a drop of sweat from the balls of a kangaroo. Get lost, white worshipper.
This is good, they should rename the streets after all Palestinians fallen heroes. This is not enough, they should take on 20% of displaced Palestinians, this will really be a big relief and help the South Africa economy grow.
I think South Africa may soon be visited with terrorist attacks for their for terrorist.
You are an iddiotic clown who understands nothing and is enslaved to white supremacy, you don't deserve a proper response, you are a wretched disgrace to your heritage and family and worse than a drop of sweat from the balls of a kangaroo. Get lost, white worshipper.
You could have just said I have no response to this.
THE CREATOR, INNOVATOR , OWNER AND SUSTAINER of the World and Everything in it says Don't dare!
You are talking about Ordinary creatures and dust blablabla.
This is why many are Destroyed !
A Lack of Knowledge of GOD, their CREATOR and HIS Word.
Just dey play! By the time your nation is rendered useless! Your eyes will be clear.
You and Ramaphosa will understand that in this Life, you don't stand with the Crowd! You Stand with GOD And HIS Word.
Your own god is taking side, God of the universe is not partial,
He is impartial God, the creator of the world is for equity and justice. Palestinians can't be deleted in Middle East till when the world will exist no more.
Westerners know that they will dominate Africa till Jesus comes. If the white starts eating shit today, Africans will have a valid reason to eat shit with relish.
Until Africans start reasoning, talk, behave, and dress like Africans the West will never take us serious.
Svoboda:
The US is overbearing. It continues with its age long policy of violating an independent countrys sovereignity. Let the city council effect the street change. It should not dictate who bears what. The RSA wouldn't dictate whose name is placed on a street in NY as well. By the time they realize how much they're losing in visa fees, the consulate will be reopened.
If i was living under an apartheid system i would also commit Oct 7 - why is Israel surprised? Adhere to the 2 state, abandon apartheid policy and Palestinians won't be hateful of Israel and its allies.
Eveytime one Israeli is killed their name is splashed all over the media. When 1000s of Palestinians are killed no one is named. No wonder you were all surprised Oct 7 happened, Palestinians have been living under subjugation for decades.
Take stock of Israel's crimes for once.
Uncle stop being clever by half. Hamas have swore to the destruction of isreal. Ok ask them which part of isreal is Palestinian land. They will respond,"all part of isreal". Now tell me if that isn't genocidal ?
South Africa could lose its United States consulate in Johannesburg if the city changes the name of Sandton Drive to Leila Khaled Drive.
On Thursday, 13 March 2025, a motion to rescind renaming Sandton Drive to Leila Khaled Drive was dismissed after a vote during a council meeting.
Many councillors claimed that the process of renaming Sandton Drive was fraught with problems, including questionable from residents.
These councillors argued that the city should focus on service delivery instead of wasting money on vanity projects like name changes.
They added that thousands of residents and businesses in Sandton opposed the change and that it was highly controversial.
However, other Johannesburg councillors ed the name change, arguing that it shows for Palestine.
Most of the City of Johannesburg councillors voted against the motion to rescind the renaming of Sandton Drive to Leila Khaled Drive.
US RESPONSE
Joel Pollak, the frontrunner to become the United States Ambassador to South Africa, warned that this name change could have severe consequences.
It will see the United States close its consulate in Johannesburg, which is located at 1 Sandton Drive in Sandhurst.
“The consulate will be closed and not be reopened. It will not be moved and go to another office. The United States will not do business with Johannesburg,” he said.
Pollak added in a post on X, “Helpfully, the renaming would create another savings for DOGE: close the consulate.”
WHO IS LEILA KHALED
Leila Khaled is a controversial freedom fighter for Palestinian rights and a former Palestinian militant and member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Khaled gained prominence after her role in the TWA Flight 840 hijacking in 1969 and one of the four simultaneous Dawson’s Field hijackings the following year.
She was imprisoned for the hijackings but was released in a prisoner exchange for civilian hostages kidnapped by other PFLP .
The ANC is an ally to Palestine. Since the 1950s, the ANC has enjoyed strong ties with the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO).
Last year, the ANC in the City of Joburg Council, ed by the EFF, proposed renaming Sandton Drive to Leila Khaled Drive.
The ANC’s first deputy secretary general, Nomvula Mokonyane, was particularly keen on the name change.
She reportedly said, “We want the United States of America embassy to change their letterhead to Number 1 Leila Khaled Drive”.
“We are sending a message that they cannot dominate us and tell us what to do. It must be in their face, it must be in their computers, in their letterheads,” she is quoted as saying.
IMPLICATIONS OF CONSULATE CLOSURE
Should the name change go through and the consulate closes, as Pollak warned, it will greatly impact South Africans.
The United States Consulate in Johannesburg provides consular services in Gauteng, Free State, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, and North-West Provinces.
These services include helping Americans with emergencies and assisting them with documents like ports and reports of birth.
The Consulate helps non-Americans, mostly South Africans, with non-immigrant and immigrant visas to the United States.
South Africans will have to travel to Cape Town and Durban to get the services they currently receive from the United States consulate in Johannesburg.
I think late General Sanni Abacha did same.
He renamed the street where American consulate was located. I believe General Abdulsalaam or General Obansabo reversed the name change.
Of course a fascist colonial ruler would always object to any form of resistance by any freedom fighter! SA should go ahead and change the name if it serves a good purpose for the country. Would SA have the audacity to challenge the US if it were the other way around? This act of bullying should stop and the US needs to have respect for Africans’ sovereignty!
Svoboda:
The US is overbearing. It continues with its age long policy of violating an independent countrys sovereignity. Let the city council effect the street change. It should not dictate who bears what. The RSA wouldn't dictate whose name is placed on a street in NY as well. By the time they realize how much they're losing in visa fees, the consulate will be reopened.
Really? Who do u think will lose more. Americans or southies? This renaming is a way to taunt another sovereign nation. If American consulate was already on the street with the latter name then no issues but clearly this renaming is a way of rubbing it in the faces of America. Didn't one of the southy government official same it? That the us letter head will bear the new street name as a way of mocking them? Diplomacy is key bro this is not diplomacy but a direct insult.
You are an iddiotic clown who understands nothing and is enslaved to white supremacy, you don't deserve a proper response, you are a wretched disgrace to your heritage and family and worse than a drop of sweat from the balls of a kangaroo. Get lost, white worshipper.
you are a terrorist and a slave to those bad odoriferous Arabs. You Muhammad worshipper.kangaroo fool
SA is facing the consequences confronting a superpower no means of conquering.What would SA gain from squaring up with US?Does that make her a superpower?
Most of the world believes in a 2 state solution, including SA. Those who believe in 'Israel takes all approach' are the evil ones who believe in domination and violence - the bloodthirsty rednecks in the White House included.
But the Palestinians rejected the two party state your country is standing on many years ago.
All they want is total anihiliation of Isreal. Do you know what "from the river to the sea" stands for?
I bet you dont know what the cry really stands for.
