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- ↑ Shimoni, Gideon (1980). Jews and Zionism: the South African experience (1910-1967). Cape Town: Oxford University Press.
- ↑ Barnett, Marcus (11 March 2017). "Sabotaging Apartheid: Interview with Ronnie Kasrils". Jacobin. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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