BUSINESS IN POLITICS: GLOBALIZATION AND THE SEARCH FOR PEACE IN SOUTH AFRICA AND ISRAEL/PALESTINE

THIS PAPER SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND THE REASONS BEHIND THE POLITICIZATION OF THE WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN AND ISRAELI JEWISH BUSINESS COMMUNITIES EXPRESSED THROUGH THEIR SUPPORT FOR PEACEMAKING WITH AFRICANS AND PALESTINIANS RESPECTIVELY. POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES AND THEIR ALLIES CONVERGED WITH SECURITY CONCERNS AND UNDERWROTE THE REDEFINITION OF THE WHITE-BLACK AND ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICTS AS OBSTACLES TO ECONOMIC MODERNIZATION. THE NEW PERSPECTIVE RESONATED WITH AN ACUTE CONSCIOUSNESS CONCERNING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "WINNING" AND "LOSING" COUNTRIES.