South African Jews should emigrate to Israel as soon as possible because a pogrom here is “only a matter of time”, says former Israeli foreign minister and deputy prime minister Avigdor Lieberman. He was responding to International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane saying South African ministers did not visit Israel and would not until the situation in that country had improved. Lieberman said the South African government had created an anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic atmosphere. But, as Africa Check discovered, South African property records only listed the race of owners prior to 1994 and not their religion. “The reality is … 98% … of the landowners and property owners actually is the white community and, in particular, also people in the Jewish community,” the South African Press Association quoted him saying.