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In the '80s, private security guards kept watch in a white suburb In Johannesburg.

The architects of Israel's open- now that Palestinian autonomy
ing to the land of apartheid were is getting underway, there ap-
the prime minister and defense pears to be no political obstacle
minister of the time, Yitzhak Ra- keeping him away.)
bin and Shimon Peres.
As radical changes are about
For its part, the African Na- to take place in South Africa and
tional Congress had always in the West Bank and Gaza, a
aligned itself with the communist new, happier chapter in Israeli-
South African relations is ex-
pected. Emanuel Brown, a
veteran ANC operative sent to
Tel Aviv to observe the voting by
South African immigrants and
tourists, said the new govern-
ment would want "the whole
gamut of Israel's know-how, from
technology, to food production, to
house building, to organizing elec-
tions."
In the past, Mr. Brown said,
Israel and South Africa "ex-
changed expertise in repression,"
countries and the Third World; but now "our connections can be
making the PLO and Arab dic- turned to constructive uses. What
tatorships its natural allies. But was bad is now going to be good."
as communism folded and a more
One Israeli authority on South
liberal Israeli government came Africa said the only thing that
to power in 1992, the ANC began could prevent the two countries
to soften its outlook.
from warming up to each other
Israel, for its part, based its would be the breakdown of the
diplomacy on the realization that Israeli-PLO peace initiative.
an ANC-led government would
He noted that the National
take over South Africa in the near Party's likely presence in the new
future. About a year-and-a-half South African government
ago, the two sides started to make should modify the ANC's pro-
contact.
Arab bent. But Mr. Beilin, one of
"Our dialogue has warmed up the early advocates of a pro-ANC
quite considerably since Sep- policy, said Israel's past aid to
tember 1993," said Mr. Liel.
apartheid had left "hard feelings"
Nelson Mandela was even among South African blacks.
more emphatic: "Our relations
"The new government," he
have changed completely," he said, "will certainly not be as sym-
said at a Johannesburg news con- pathetic to Israel as the white
ference when asked about the governments were."
government-in-waiting's view of
No matter what the reasons,
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Israel purchased that sympathy
(Mr. Mandela said he plans to at too high a moral cost. It
visit Israel as soon as possible; shouldn't be missed. LI

Numerous reports
said Israel even
helped white-led
South Africa build an
atomic bomb,
although many say
this is doubtful.

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