A fundraising campaign for the South African BDS Coalition has been posted on the Facebook page of Nigel Branken on 18 April 2026. All proceeds are directed to the South African BDS Coalition and the official logo appears. BDS is an organization whose campaigns frequently cross the line from criticism of Israeli policy into denial of Israel’s right of existence – antisemitism as defined by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition.

A colourful cartoon adorns the page with the headline “Zionist Trolls for Palestine”.  Accompanying this banner are two cartoons. To the left is a green male face with a long nose, yellow skull cap. He has a fiendish grin and bulging eyes.  On the right-hand side is a pink faced man clothed in blue and red with a DA badge on his jacket.  These features identify him a representative of the Democratic Alliance, a political party which is part of the Government of National Unity in South Africa.   There is a speech bubble from this man proclaiming, “Turn Hate Speech into Donations”.

There are four money pledges in South African Rand currency:

“I call him dangerous”  – R1

”I call him fat” – R2

“I call him an antisemite” – R5

“I ignore the argument completely” – R10

All of these incite and promote of hatred and inversions of morality. There can be no escaping the target being Jews, although not explicitly identifying the trolls. The following tell tale indicators........

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