Charl Kleinhaus #racist #conspiracy forward.com

Charl Kleinhaus was among the first of dozens of white South Africans to receive asylum under Trump’s new policy aimed at helping Afrikaners who say they’re victims of racial persecution

Kleinhaus, a 46-year-old farmer, told reporters that threats to his life and land forced him to flee[…]
A social media account that appears to match his identity tells a more complicated story than the one stamped on his immigration papers. It is filled with prayers for Israel and biblical affirmations — alongside posts accusing Jews of being “dangerous” and promoting conspiracy theories long recognized as antisemitic

Now, as he begins a new life in the U.S., his resettlement is being aided under a decades-old State Department protocol by groups including HIAS[…]
The Bulwark news site said it reached out to Kleinhaus on LinkedIn and confirmed that the X account belongs to him. A post from April 2023[…]reads: “Jews are untrustworthy and a dangerous group. They are not Gods chosen like to believe they are,” adding: “Leave us alone. We all believe in the God of Abraham, Moses and Jacob”

The user reposted a graphic from July 2024 claiming that Jews believe Jesus performed “miracles by the power of the devil” and is now “in boiling excrement in Hell”

He has reposted content from Stew Peters, a popular podcast host and Holocaust denier[…]
And yet, amid those posts are others expressing fervent support for Israel, particularly after the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. On Oct. 9 of that year, the user posted: “God will save Israel. He has always”[…]
It’s a dissonance familiar to some Jews: a certain brand of Christian Zionism that can champion the state of Israel while harboring theological or racial suspicion toward Jews themselves

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