South Africa Says Palestinians Are Enduring ‘Extreme Form of Apartheid’
www.nytimes.com
The hearings, which focus on Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, make up one of the two matters regarding Israel currently before the International Court of Justice.
    • @BMatthew@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15•1 year 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
    7•1 year 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
      5•1 year 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