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Chris McGreal

How apartheid history shaped South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

Protesters hold flags and placards at a demonstration organised by the South African Jews for a free Palestine group in Johannesburg.
Protesters hold flags and placards at a demonstration organised by the South African Jews for a free Palestine group in Johannesburg. Photograph: Kim Ludbrook/EPA

Israel has denounced South Africa’s legal action at the international court of justice, accusing Israel of genocide and war crimes in Gaza, as amounting to support for Hamas.

Israel called the charge that it was intentionally killing thousands of Palestinian civilians – which the ICJ is expected to start hearing on Thursday – a “blood libel”. Jewish organisations in South Africa accused the ruling African National Congress of siding with terrorism and antisemitism.

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