Local man had tweeted at Jewish umbrella group that the Holocaust would 'be like a picnic when we are done with you Zionist bastards'; sentence to be handed down Friday

In affidavit replying to formal complaint, Judge Mogoeng Mogoeng says religious obligation to pray for peace of Jerusalem and not hate Israel must not be seen as a political stance

Drop in incidents comes despite global trend of increasing anti-Semitic activity in countries with significant Jewish populations