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Israel will appear at the Hague to contest South Africa's genocide accusations (www.middleeasteye.net)

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South Africa on Friday launched a case for the ICJ stating that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the Genocide Convention and calling for a halt to its military operations in Gaza.

"The State of Israel will appear before the International Court of Justice at The Hague to dispel South Africa's absurd blood libel," spokesman Eylon Levy told an online briefing.

"We assure South Africa's leaders, history will judge you, and it will judge you without mercy," he added.

Levy said that Hamas bore full moral responsibility for the war and was "waging from inside and underneath hospitals, schools, mosques, homes and UN facilities".

He added that South Africa was complicit in Hamas' crimes against Israelis, without elaborating.

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

What I don't get is, from all the countries that could have done this (i.e. accuse Israel of genocide in The Hague), why South Africa? Am I out of the loop? Is there a reason they came forward?

Like, I see the irony with genocide and apartheid and so on, I just wonder why South Africa even cares this much about Gaza/Israel (I mean we all do, but no one did what they did, not even Turkey).

[-] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

A. The ANC really needs some good press.

B. They're fairly independent in the global stage but lean towards Russia/China/India. So they may be doing this partially to egg the US' face.

C. They have personal experience with Apartheid.

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