Unified action led by states must follow South Africa’s stand against Israel to stop the killings in Gaza and Western-backed impunity
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When Israel began its indiscriminate assault on the people of Gaza, as well as social infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, universities, churches and mosques, it was firmly backed by the United States and other Western governments such as Germany and the United Kingdom. Much of the Western media took the same position. The colonial assumption of a right to treat a colonised people as a whole as the enemy and to kill with impunity was in full evil bloom.
Against this colonial logic, South Africa was insisting that all states be held to the same standards of conduct, and that the lives of all people be given the same value. But South Africa was isolated and the Western backlash was swift. When, on 21 November 2024, the ICC announced it had issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, the former defence minister, right-wing governments around the world rushed to attack the court and express their support for the genocidal regime in Tel Aviv.
On 9 January 2025, the US House of Representatives passed the “Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act” that aims to impose sanctions on individuals associated with the ICC who pursue investigations or prosecutions against US citizens or those of allied nations, such as Israel.
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