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South Africa demands end to international funding of Israel’s war against Hamas
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South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor, center, addresses reporters after a session of the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, January 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
All states have an obligation to stop funding and facilitating Israel’s military actions in Gaza after the World Court indicated that those actions could plausibly be genocidal, South African foreign minister Naledi Pandor says.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) last week ordered Israel to take all measures within its power to prevent its troops from committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, in a case brought by South Africa.
South Africa has for decades been a strong advocate for the Palestinian cause, comparing the plight of Palestinians to that of Black South Africans under apartheid, although Israel has strongly denied allegations of genocide and rejects the comparison to the apartheid era.
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