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.
Wow, something to be said for someone with such a hateful response to an accusation, almost as if they’re trying to prevent discussion by labelling any potential questioning of tactics as racist to be “judged harshly by the world”. Gaslighting and projecting on full display here.
The tactics lose power when you see and understand them. Spread knowledge.
Not almost. Netanyahu has spent the last two decades getting a definition of Anti-Semitism that includes criticism of the government of Israel put in place all over the world. He’s been depressingly successful. There’s artists and academics losing government funding just for criticizing the Israeli government in social media.
Zionists are the new Nazis.
They don’t argue in good-faith and they know it.
“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.
This guy’s response is antisemitism buzzword bingo.
Like, seriously, blood libel?
I haven’t read the legal documents, but I’m going to go out on a limb and assume they don’t mention Israel poisoning Palestinian genes with interbreeding.
I chuckled but blood libel has a specific meaning. Throughout history there was a nasty lie that kept getting brought back. It accused Jews of commiting blood sacrifices of Christians. Most recently by Nazis.
So he is putting any accusation of war crimes on the same level as Nazi propaganda about Jews.
When South Africa accuses you of genocide, you know you fucked up.
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).
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.
How come?
South Africa used to be an apartheid state so if they’re callling you out…
It’s on its way back to it. https://youtu.be/Iiny1GrfhYM?si=JfrWKyZBT5fUneA2
A shitty government is not necessarily an Apartheid government. Now if you want to make the case that they simply transitioned to an oligarchy…
Maybe, I imagine it will head that direction only if the EFF dethrone the ANC. They’re radicals and are openly racist.
EFF shouldn’t make racist statements.
If this fails to have any effect, I wonder how many more local wars will be started soon on the ground of international law becoming some kind of joke as of lately
Isn’t that how WW2 started? Germany basically broke the Versailles Treaty and kept getting away with it so just kept going.
Warfare’s back in style, just in time for the climate to really start straining resources.
Israel to The Hague: “Nuh-uh.”
The more Israel speaks, the deeper the hole gets.
“…but they’re God’s chosen people! surely they would never…”
Jews maybe. But if Israelies specifically are Gods chosen people then god fucked up.
Israel is going to blame the US for enabling them
Presumably the US will agree, given that’s the line they take with Israel historically.
If in the next few weeks you hear of an agreement between Germany and Israel to allow the IDF use of an airforce base within reach of The Hague, it will have to do with this.
an agreement between Germany and Israel to allow… use of an air force base within reach of The Hague.
absolutely wild timeline.
Caught me genociding on Camera. “Wasn’t me”
*in The Hague
It’s likely shortened from “At The Hague court”, so it works.
The ANC government are a bunch of corrupt tools who choose things when it fits them. They don’t like the west but like the western lifestyles with looted money.
It seems strange that they side with Russia invading Ukraine but choose to show support for Palestine in a “similar” situation. I am also not sold that the ANC don’t have deeper ties with terrorist organisations such as Hamas.
Meen while they spend all this effort on other countries issues when South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world. I think last year was like 29 000. Would love it if they could spend this amount of effort to sort out their own house.
Source: I am South African.
Israel should answer for any crimes certainly.
How about we get Hamas to answer some questions about Oct 7 in the Hague too?
Sure. If any are left alive after the IDF demolishes Gaza to the ground.
Ah downvotes for wanting both sides to be accountable. Good to see predictable integrity from the pro Hamas crowd
I honestly can’t say I’ve seen any pro Hamas crowd on lemmy. Anti Israel, but that’s not the same thing.
Wish I could say the same thing 😞
