SOUTH AFRICA FM DESTROYS FAKE NEWS

Let’s be honest in reporting on the Palestine-Israel conflict, urged South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor.

She was responding to Cornelius Mulder, a member of the South African National Assembly. He had asked during Pandor’s 7 November address to the elected body if the South African government denies widespread claims of H*m*s beheading babies. US President Joe Biden later walked back his claim that he had seen images of decapitated babies. Israeli authorities also confirmed the claims are unverified.

Pandor amplified the facts that some quarters have been trying to downplay: The Palestinian people had been denied their human rights for long before the 7 October escalation in Gaza. Nearly 24,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been killed since the conflict between Palestine and Israel escalated 7 October.

In response to the ongoing horror, the South African government dragged Israel to the International Court of Justice on 11-12 January in an attempt to stop Tel Aviv’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip. South Africa’s legal application, filed on 29 December 2023, argues Israel is violating the 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention.

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