Why South Africa has brought the case against Israel
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Tony Karon, growing up as a left Zionist in South Africa, was disquieted early on by the connections between the South African regime and Israel.
It turned into a full-blooded recognition of the parallels between the regimes and the struggles for decolonisation that were required.
But the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the opening of an era “during which the US claimed exclusive, uncontested ownership of the international community’s Israel-Palestine file” put paid for many decades to any real hope of Palestinian freedom or holding Israel to account.
That era may well be over, says Karon, with South Africa’s case at the ICJ “a clarion call to the rest of the world that a values-based solidarity is once again an option”.
RK
This article was originally published by the Guardian on Wed 10 Jan 2024. Read the original here.
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Will we see BRICS step into the ring, to challenge US supremacy? The sooner, the better, is my view.
n.b. Not one European country supported the South African Application, at the ICJ, yesterday. Shameful!
…and, now, the UK, and the US have started bombing Yemen. Beyond shame!
Ireland and Belgium MIGHT break the impasse soon, Iceland could be not far behind ….
I personally haven’t had the time today (Friday) to follow Israel’s defence case. If it’s poor in law and relies on aggressive protestations of antisemitism and of bias then the smaller European countries will probably be the ones to break the logjam (and pave the way for the larger nations).
The UK and Germany may wait until they see how Biden reacts before saying anything.
Disgracefully the UK and Germany WILL wait until they see how Biden reacts before saying anything. Starmer of course tags along.