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“I don’t believe the Canadian government even studies the validity of legal applications like this to the ICJ or the moral imperatives of holding perpetrators of international crimes to account,” he said. “It will immediately position itself to protect Israel from scrutiny under international law, and then find some legal arguments that fit the bill.”
Plenty of criticism can be tossed deservedly Israel’s way, however i think South Africa’s motivation may be less to do with humanitarian reasons and more to do with it’s ally Russia.
Potentially however I think what’s lost is people not understanding the complexity of the relationship between Russia and SA. Regardless of how we may feel as outsiders, they have a deep relationship. It’s no different than Canada and the UK.
https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/union-soviet-socialist-republics-ussr-and-anti-apartheid-struggle
Maybe. I like to think it comes from their knowing their past and wanting to carry on the legacy of one of the greatest ever humans, Nelson Mandela, that came from that past. In any event, South Africa is doing more than most countries to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza/Palestine. Good on them, I say
Lol, this guy here just wrote off South African history of struggle against apartheid and of Palestinian solidarity as “allies with Russia”. Mandela, Tutu and others have spoken out on the Palestinian issue. Israel was one of the only countries cozying up to the apartheid regime and used those ties to develop its nuclear arsenal. The lawyers involved in drafting the ICJ submission are summits of anti-apartheid litigation. Israel has a long history of making Putin-like statements denying the existence of a Palestinian people. And yet, here we are FrooBooteR69 made the call: “SA is grandstanding to score points with Putin”. I mean, roflmao, dude.