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.
  • lemmus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    262·
    9 months ago

    What an extremely powerful argument. South Africa deserves a great deal of respect for its recent actions. Shame on the American and European powers whose complicity is absolute.

    • BMatthew@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      9 months ago

      It’s painful that we are allowing this. In 1988, the US, Britain, and Israel were still fighting the UN to stop sanctions against the ruling South African government and suppling weapons and surveillance systems to continue to repress the indigenous people. Times haven’t changed.

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    77·
    9 months ago

    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.

    • cmbabul@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      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