South Africa’s political narrative is mired in a swamp of inadequacy and hypocrisy
The government has filed an application arguing that mass starvation is looming and asking the court to order an end to hostilities and the provision of humanitarian aid
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Fatal attractions are blind and delusional and thus destructive. The consequences may be a backlash against Biden, the US losing its little moral authority is has, an end to any stability in the Middle East and, worst, a wider war
South Africa argued before the ICJ that redress must go beyond a two-state solution
The ICJ is holding hearings all week on the legal implications of Israel’s occupation since 1967, with 52 countries expected to give evidence
The International Court of Justice is largely toothless, because it falls under the United Nations Security Council
This is an edited extract from Haider Eid’s book, Decolonising the Palestinian Mind
The ANC is hoping to use the former president’s popularity among coloured voters to destabilise the Democratic Alliance
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The only way in which the court can hope to gain credibility is for the entire manner in which member states can control the tenure of the judges to be changed
The government says Israel’s extension of its military operations in Rafah is in breach of the rights of Palestinians in Gaza
The party won a moral victory when it went to the World Court to take on the US-backed Israel but it must clean up its own house and have the same care for South Africans
The State Security Agency said it had not picked up credible threats about election interference
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Artificial intelligence can be used to improve people’s lives but it is also used to calculate civilian killings and support propaganda
South Africa’s decision to take Israel, the West’s darling, to the International Court of Justice for genocidal intent was brave politics
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South Africa’s case against Israel’s actions in Gaza has boosted its international standing and secured its position as the moral voice of the Global South
This era in politics is crying out for a great chronicler in the mould of the American writer
Lower prices are good insofar as inflation is concerned but they suggest that economic troubles lie ahead
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The court has ordered that Israel implement provisional measures to prevent genocidal acts against the people living in Gaza ‘with immediate effect’
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Settling for a simplistic ‘oppressor-oppressed’ narrative is depriving the Middle East of the hope it deserves
The International Court of Justice has delivered its ruling on the emergency measures requested by South Africa in its genocide case against Israel
They want the UK and US to pay for damages for their alleged role in assisting the Israeli military to commit war crimes and genocide
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The narrative has changed because people are revolting. The Western man in the street and the impoverished and abused global citizen, are the ones revolting
Powerful nations pontificate against human rights abuses when it suits them but funding the war against civilians in Gaza appears to be an acceptable hypocrisy
South Africa is correct and courageous to oppose the West at the International Court of Justice but is not a consistently principled actor
The CSA had a tough decision to make but failed to field any conviction
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Five creatives tell of their work on the Israeli violence and the responses they’ve had
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Approaching The Hague was about making a statement, something the country has done emphatically
The finance minister was speaking on a panel in Davos about the expansion of Brics
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The youngest hostage to be kidnapped by Hamas was born on January 18 and, if still alive, would be celebrating his first birthday this week
A denial of the past will always impede reconciliation in the future
Global security has deteriorated markedly, just as countries need to be able to count on one another to avoid a deeper crisis
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The country’s case at the World Court exposes Israel’s apartheid actions of creeping dispossession of land, segregation and discrimination, as well as military actions to destroy Palestinians and slow deaths through starvation