South Africa’s top diplomat on Tuesday accused Israel of setting a precedent for leaders to defy the top UN court, as she again alleged a campaign of “starvation” in Gaza.
South Africa has hauled Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to allege genocide in the war triggered by the October 7 Hamas attack, infuriating Israel and drawing US criticism.
Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s foreign minister, says that Israel had defied a January ruling by the ICJ that it should take action to prevent acts of genocide as it fights Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“The provisional measures have been entirely ignored by Israel,” Pandor says at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace during a visit to US capital Washington.
“We’re seeing mass starvation now and famine before our very eyes,” she says. “I think we, as humanity, need to look at ourselves in horror and dismay and to be really worried that we have set an example.”
Pandor adds that Israel’s actions may mean other nations believe that “there’s license — I can do what I want and I will not be stopped.”
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