South Africa's “genocide” charges against Israel made Thursday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague become reality by putting the victims of the October 7 genocidal terrorist attack on trial for the crimes of the aggressor. turned over.
of case Attacks on Israel are incendiary and absurdly weak. It does not even depend on the actions Israel has taken in Gaza since October 7, but rather places its response “in the broader context of Israel's actions against Palestinians during 75 years of apartheid.” . [sic]56 years of belligerent occupation of Palestinian territory [sic] and the 16-year blockade of Gaza. ”
In other words, Israel itself existence Defined as “apartheid”. The fact that Israel completely withdrew from Gaza in 2005 is considered unimportant.
South Africa has no credibility to make such accusations against Israel. In the post-apartheid era, it has fallen from being a paragon of human rights to a pariah. The South African government protected the Zimbabwean regime during President Robert Mugabe's reign of terror, which included the ethnic cleansing of white farmers, and has similarly defended other delinquent countries such as Sudan, Russia and China. The ruling party has recently hosted representatives of the terrorist organization Hamas.
Additionally, South Africa actively discriminates against racial minorities within the country. In the wake of a wave of violent crimes against white farmers, serious critics are raising the question of whether South Africa itself should be accused of “genocide.” Mob attacks on immigrants from other African countries have been common in South Africa, with apartheid police killing anti-apartheid protesters in Sharpeville in 1960, as well as in Marikana in 2012. committed mass murder against workers.
The essence of the South African case does not focus on what Israel is. Are doing In Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are trying to avoid civilian casualties.Rather, it depends on what Israeli politicians have Saidmade careless statements in anger, such as proposals to “flatten Gaza,” as if they were actual government policy or incitement to genocide.
This is the standard Hamas should be looking at. Clearly a genocide charteris in the dock, but Israel is being accused instead.
As the era of Israel's Jeremy Sharon pointing out, South Africa's application minimizes Hamas' crimes in an effort to portray Israel as the culprit: “South Africa's application, throughout its 84 pages, states that military installations and fighters are located on all sides of the Gaza Strip. “There is no mention of Hamas's documented practice of embedding civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, mosques, schools, homes, United Nations facilities, and other similar facilities,” even referring to Israeli attacks on such infrastructure. Even if it is. ”
However, Sharon also warned that the ICJ could still issue a preliminary finding against Israel simply because the standard of evidence is so low.
This may mean nothing in practical terms, as the United States can veto any punitive sanctions in the UN Security Council.
Still, a negative ruling by the ICJ could have major diplomatic implications. It could step up attacks on Israel in Western cities and university campuses and further encourage anti-Semitism.
South Africa's Daily Maverick report On Tuesday, the South African government's real objective was to block international arms sales to Israel, in other words to support Hamas by depriving Israel of the means to protect it from the truly genocidal violence it says it intends to repeat. It was announced that.
However, if the ICJ rules against Israel, it will cause permanent damage to Israel's own reputation.
whole the purpose Such institutions, established after the horrors of the Holocaust, were to ensure that what happened to Europe's Jews never happened again. If the ICJ were to side with Hamas against Israel and reverse the roles of aggressor and victim, it would effectively approve a new genocide against Israelis and Jews.
Even if it worked once, it will never work again. genuine Genocide.
Joel B. Pollack is a senior editor at Breitbart News. Breitbart News Sunday Sunday nights from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM ET (4:00 PM to 7:00 PM PT) on Sirius XM Patriot. He published his 2021 e-book “The Zionist conspiracy (and how to join it)' has been updated and a new preface has been added. He is also the author of a recently published e-book. Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 US Presidential Election. He is the recipient of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter @joelpolak.
