The country is one of more than 50 scheduled to argue before the United Nations’ highest judicial body over Israel’s “occupation, settlement and annexation” of Palestinian territories.
Eeeh, I give SA a lot of credit for bringing this trial and I don’t hold the current SA government responsible for apartheid… but let’s be careful to not minimize it.
I more or less agree, but I do think it’s kinda helpful for framing how bad it is in Gaza right now. If even South Africa is saying “this is a really horrible apartheid” that’s coming from a position of knowledge and experience. It’s the crimes against humanity equivalent of movie producer Robert Evans telling your friends that you have an extremely serious coke problem
Eeeh, I give SA a lot of credit for bringing this trial and I don’t hold the current SA government responsible for apartheid… but let’s be careful to not minimize it.
I more or less agree, but I do think it’s kinda helpful for framing how bad it is in Gaza right now. If even South Africa is saying “this is a really horrible apartheid” that’s coming from a position of knowledge and experience. It’s the crimes against humanity equivalent of movie producer Robert Evans telling your friends that you have an extremely serious coke problem