PANDOR: WORLD NEEDS TO DO MORE FOR GAZA

Naledi Pandor wishes she could do more to stop the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

During a recent interview with journalist Mehdi Hasan, the South African foreign minister lamented that the world is watching Israel murder Palestinians on live television, yet nothing has stopped the carnage.

On 25 March, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, ending on the final day of Ramadan in two weeks. On 26 January, the International Court of Justice ruled Israel must take steps to avoid genocidal acts. Israel appears to have abided by neither the resolution nor the ruling. Instead, since 26 January, its military operation has killed more than 6,000 Palestinians, bringing the death toll to above 32,000.

Tel Aviv claims the operation aims to destroy militant group H*m*s, which carried out an attack on Israel on 7 October. However, women and children make up about 80 per cent of fatalities.