Tutu Is Too Much--And So Is Winnie Mandela

[T]he Jewish people with their traditions, religion and long history of persecution sometimes appear to have caused a refugee problem among others.
Desmond Tutu, South African Zionist Record, July 26, 1985, quoted by Morton Klein

But Tutu is not known for his antisemitic and anti-Israel comments. Instead, the provocative Tutu is lauded the world over, as YnetNews explains:

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whose role in the fight against South African apartheid in the 1980s gained him the Nobel Peace Prize and global fame, is among the world’s most respected figures.

Barack Obama awarded him the US highest honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Tutu has been called “an inspiration" and was compared to Albert Schweitzer and Gandhi. The Wall Street Journal labeled him “the best known priest in the world.” Tutu was even asked to donate his genome to scientists to discover the African roots of mankind.

Who knew that the world is so desperate for heroes.

Tutu now has a new cause he is pushing: declaring Israel to be apartheid and speaking out in favor of boycotts:

Recently, Tutu convinced the University of Johannesburg to end its relationship with Ben-Gurion University as part of a boycott against Israeli academic institutions, resembling the dark time when German universities banned famous Jewish intellectuals such as T.W. Adorno and Albert Einstein. Archbishop Tutu also promoted the boycott of all Israeli goods by the US Food Co-Cop and he became the poster leader of the Western NGOs promoting campaigns for divestment and sanctions against the Jewish State.

Last week, the Archbishop sponsored a call for an arms embargo against Israel. Next November, Tutu will open in Cape Town the third session of the anti-Israeli Russell Tribunal, a standing organization that held two tribunals against Israel last year in Barcelona and London. During this event, Tutu will seek to determine whether Israel’s policies fit the international legal definition of the crime of “apartheid."

Winnie Mandela will also be at the Russell Tribunal, lending her fame and reputation.

Some reputation.

According to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa Report, Winnie Mandela is herself guilty of violations of human rights:

The Commission finds Ms. Winnie Madikizela Mandela politically and morally accountable for the gross violations of human rights committed by the MUFC [Mandela United Football Club, which served as her bodyguards]. The commission finds that Ms. Madikizela-Mandela failed to account to the community and political structures. The Commission finds that Madikizela-Mandela was responsible, by omission for the commission of gross violations of human rights.

This was in connection Winnie Mandela's ties to the kidnapping and murder of Stompie Moeketsi.

In the past, Winnie Mandela was found guilty of theft and fraud:

Madikizela-Mandela, the former president of the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL), was convicted on 43 charges of fraud and 25 of theft totalling R1m.

The judge overturned the conviction for theft but upheld the one for fraud.

The conviction for theft was not overturned because of lack of evidence, but because the thefts were not committed "for personal gain" and her "difficult role in public life".

Nixon should have had such a judge.

Besides Tutu's antisemitic and anti-Israel record, the fact Tutu has no problem associating with Winnie Mandela is an indication of how low the world standard is for the people they admire.

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