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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

Israel-South Africa relations

The latest election results are displayed at the Results Operation Centre (ROC) in Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
June 1, 2024, 7:41 pm
ANC loses majority in South African elections for first time since apartheid
Party, which has led international legal campaign against Israel over war with Hamas, must now build coalition to remain in power after ruling alone for three decades
By Agencies and ToI Staff
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, wearing a keffiyah scarf, speaks before an exhibition football match between Western Cape XI and the Palestinian national football team at Athlone Stadium in Athlone, near Cape Town, on February 11, 2024. (Rodger Bosch/AFP)
May 29, 2024, 10:03 pm
Israel watches as South Africa’s hostile ANC set to lose support but remain in power
As 27 million head to polls, frustrated voters likely to punish African National Congress for corruption, but opposition has scant chance of ousting longtime rulers
By Lazar Berman
Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela checks his phone during a hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, January 12, 2024. (Patrick Post/AP)
May 10, 2024, 11:34 pm
South Africa asks World Court to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah
As part of genocide case, Pretoria urges ICJ to force Israel to allow unimpeded access for international officials, aid workers and journalists, amid expanding military op
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Judges enter the United Nations' highest court during hearings in The Hague, Netherlands on February 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
March 28, 2024, 10:05 pm
ICJ orders Israel to increase humanitarian aid to Gaza, demands report in 30 days
Court says existing provisional humanitarian measures in Strip are inadequate, with ‘famine setting in’; Foreign Ministry denies limits placed on relief, blaming Hamas
By Jeremy Sharon, Agencies and ToI Staff
File: South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor delivers her closing remarks following a meeting with Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (not seen) in Pretoria on March 5, 2024. (Phill Magakoe / AFP)
March 19, 2024, 9:13 pm
South Africa: Israel undermining World Court with campaign of ‘starvation’ in Gaza
Pretoria’s foreign minister claims provisional measures passed down by the ICJ in January have been ‘entirely ignored,’ says this sets a ‘precedent’ for others to do the same
By AFP and ToI Staff
File: South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor delivers her closing remarks following a meeting with Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen (not seen) in Pretoria on March 5, 2024. (Phill Magakoe / AFP)
March 13, 2024, 6:12 pm
South Africa threatens citizens fighting in IDF with arrest if they return home
Military says it is working on solutions to risks faced by soldiers when traveling overseas, amid broader concerns for Israelis visiting countries hostile to the offensive in Gaza
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Protesters hold placards and an Israeli flag during a demonstration denouncing the South African government's silence on abuse of hostages held by Hamas, in Johannesburg on March 8, 2024. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
March 8, 2024, 2:42 pm
South African Jewish women rally against government’s silence on abuse of hostages
Marking International Women’s Day, protest organizer says Jewish women held to extra burden of proof, calls out hypocrisy of president for not speaking out for captives
By AFP and ToI Staff
File: The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the UN, delivers its order South Africa's request for provisional measures against Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip, January 26, 2024. (International Court of Justice)
February 26, 2024, 11:50 pm
Israel reports to ICJ in The Hague on actions taken to comply with court orders on Gaza
Amid South African accusation of genocide, judges instructed Jerusalem last month to specify efforts to protect civilians; details of report not released to public
By Jeremy Sharon and Agencies
Michael Kransdorff speaks during a ceremony for Israelis from South Africa who died fighting for Israel in Lavi Forest on February 20, 2024. (Courtesy Jewish National Fund South Africa)
February 23, 2024, 8:30 am
Defying their government, South African Jews honor compatriots who fell for Israel
Communal leaders’ ceremony in the Galilee follows Pretoria’s threat to prosecute citizens who served in Israel’s army, amid its petition to ICJ accusing nation of ‘genocide’
By Canaan Lidor
File: This photo shows an exterior view of the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands on February 18, 2019. (AP/Peter Dejong)
February 16, 2024, 11:33 pm
ICJ rejects South African request for urgent measures to limit Israeli action in Rafah
But top UN court notes Jerusalem remains bound to comply with existing measures — namely the need to protect civilians from harm and to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza
By Agencies and ToI Staff
File: The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the UN, delivers its order South Africa's request for provisional measures against Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip, January 26, 2024. (International Court of Justice)
February 15, 2024, 11:19 pm
Israel says South Africa’s latest appeal to ICJ an attempt ‘to protect ally Hamas’
Jerusalem castigates Pretoria’s new bid to halt IDF offensive against terror group, says country is cynically abusing the Genocide Convention
By Jeremy Sharon
South Africa's Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Ronald Lamola, center, and Palestinian Assistant Minister of Multilateral Affairs Ammar Hijazi, third right, address the media outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, January 11, 2024. (AP/Patrick Post)
February 13, 2024, 7:33 pm
South Africa petitions The Hague to block Israeli operation against Hamas in Rafah
Pretoria claims offensive could violate the Genocide Convention, in move that comes after ICJ last month refused South Africa’s request to order unilateral ceasefire
By Jeremy Sharon
South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor, center, adresses a news conference in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Sebabatso Mosamo)
January 31, 2024, 9:20 pm
South Africa calls on other countries to halt any funding to the IDF
Foreign minister of nation that led charge against Israel at ICJ says she asked prosecutor of International Criminal Court why he hasn’t issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu
By Reuters and ToI Staff
El Al airplanes on the tarmac at Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport, October 4, 2022. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90/ File)
January 26, 2024, 10:46 am
El Al nixing flights to South Africa amid fall in demand, ICJ genocide charge
National carrier planning to end the only direct flights from Tel Aviv to Johannesburg from April 1 as ties between the countries continue to deteriorate
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Judges and parties sit during a hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, January 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
January 24, 2024, 1:23 pm
The Hague-based ICJ to deliver interim ruling in Israel genocide case on Friday
South African report says Pretoria officials are in Netherlands ahead of ruling on request for emergency suspension of fighting
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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