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Members of South African Jews for a Free Palestine protest in Rosebank, Johannesburg, on Wednesday, against Israel 'committing genocide, apartheid, and settler colonialism'. Photo by Delwyn Verasamy
Its reaction suggests that the minister did not have the president’s express blessing to engage the group, which controls Gaza, though it did not respond to direct questions on the subject. Nor, it is reliably understood, were her own advisers informed that she spoke to Haniyeh. The sense that the minister had let the side down by entertaining it stems from the care the government had up until that point taken to calibrate its response to the conflict, as well as genuine dismay at the carnage inflicted by Hamas in the worst attacks on Israel in half a century.
The message was echoed by Justice Minister Ronald Lamola, who told the 61st session of the Asian African Legal Consultative Organisation that international law demanded the recognition of Palestinian sovereignty. The historical identification with a parallel Palestinian liberation struggle may mean that South Africa overestimates the extent to which its lessons can apply in the current conflict, and overlooks that it can be resolved if an Israeli majority accepts the equal rights of an oppressed people.
The department of international relations took a different, forceful tone and accused Israel of genocide after the shelling of Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza killed more than 500 people. So did Mbalula, who implored the government to call for Israel to be hauled before the International Criminal Court. Academic and political analyst Steven Friedman said even if South Africa’s wish to play a meaningful role did not seem realistic at this point, Pandor was right in demanding pressure be piled on Israel.
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