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South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by WannaHowzit(m): 2:46am On Nov 16, 2023
The South African government wants the International Criminal Court to investigate Israel for war crimes committed in its ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip.
Cyril Ramaphosa, the SA president, told a press conference in Doha on Wednesday that “Gaza has now turned into a concentration camp where genocide is taking place”.

“As South Africa we have accordingly, together with many other countries in the world, saw fit to refer this whole Israeli government action to the ICC. We have put through a referral because we believe that war crimes are being committed there,” he said.

Ramaphosa said his government is opposed to the ongoing operation, “particularly as it is now targeting hospitals where babies, women and the injured are dying… And where care of life has been completely ignored.”

He added that, “We join many other countries and organizations that is calling upon the ICC to investigate what is happening. And as it is unfolding before our eyes, we can see a war crime is underway, particularly at Al-Shifa hospital.”

Ramaphosa stressed that there is “a need for the whole world to rise and call upon the Israeli government to cease fire, to stop what is happening, and we want the ICC to investigate, and of course, legal measures then need to be taken at a global level.”

He said it was “totally unacceptable” that Israel “had become a law unto themselves.”

“The Israeli government has perfected the way it does not follow decisions that are taken at the UN or any other world forum.”

A debate will take place in the South African parliament on Thursday on whether the Israeli embassy should be shut down and whether diplomatic relations should be suspended with Tel Aviv.


The South African government recently recalled all its diplomatic staff from Tel Aviv, and issued a demarche to the Israeli ambassador to the country, citing statements he made about South Africans’ support for Palestinians.

Regular mass protests have been held in the country, with the biggest that took place last Saturday in Cape Town, attended by an estimated 100,000 people.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israel has, thus far, killed over 11,500 Palestinians, including 4,710 children.

The Israeli army continues to pound civilian homes throughout the Gaza Strip with new massacres reported everywhere in the besieged enclave.

Gaza has been under a tight Israeli military siege since 2007, following a democratic election in occupied Palestine, the results of which were rejected by Tel Aviv and Washington.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by WannaHowzit(m): 2:54am On Nov 16, 2023
Naledi Pandor (SA Foreign Minister)

The world has seen enough of the tragedy in Gaza and it is time for countries to use their influence over Israel to put a stop to “this real crime against humanity”, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has said.

South Africa was one of the few countries that cut ties with Israel in response to its attack on the Gaza Strip.

Pandor told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that her government may refer Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as it continues its assault on Gaza.

“We are appalled at how this horror and tragedy that is unfolding continues to get worse and worse. I think the world has seen enough, and it is time for the most powerful in the world to put a stop to this horror that Israel is unfolding against the people of Palestine,” she said.

“It is only countries that have influence over Israel who can stop this real crime against humanity that we are seeing right before our eyes.”

The Palestinian people experience conditions similar to those in apartheid South Africa, she added.

South Africa has been outspoken about the plight of Palestinians and recalled its diplomats from Israel this month, as the death toll from Israel’s bombardment of Gaza continues to climb.

Palestinian authorities have said that more than 11,200 people in Gaza, more than a third of them children, have been killed since Israel began its attack on the Gaza Strip in retaliation for an attack by Hamas that Israeli authorities say killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians.

While that attack by Hamas was widely condemned, Israel’s response has garnered criticism as a campaign of relentless air strikes has wiped out entire neighbourhoods and as an Israeli siege chokes off access to necessities such as food, fuel and electricity for Gaza’s 2.3 million residents.

The United Nations has said that about 70 percent of people in Gaza have been displaced, with few options for safe haven as Israeli strikes pound every corner of the Strip, including areas that Israel told Palestinians they should relocate to in order to avoid the fighting.

“We would have anticipated that the ICC would react much earlier because thousands of people have been mowed down,” Pandor said. “And these are innocent Palestinian people who have suffered decades of harassment and occupation.”

That occupation, she said, also has “very, very clear similarities,” to some of the practices that defined apartheid South Africa.

“We know people cannot own property, [and] that property can be seized without any compensation, which is what we experienced in our own country. People have to carry identity documents that reflect your ethnicity rather than citizenship. All of this is part of the apartheid feature,” Pandor told Al Jazeera.

“So, there can be no denial that the corollary between the conduct of the Israeli state against the people of Palestine is so closely aligned to the apartheid conduct.”

Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by Viscuz: 2:57am On Nov 16, 2023
Confused nyope sniffing nation

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by smokinloud(m): 3:05am On Nov 16, 2023
Questions that Ramaphosa needs to answer.

1. Do lives of Jews matter?!.

2. Are Jews humans too?!.

3. The Jews hostages in the tunnels under the hospital. Do they deserve to be freed?!.

4. Did anyone sue the Allied in WWII for killing about 500000 German civilians?!.

5. Are terrorists immune when they take shelter in hospitals and schools?!.

6. If he were the Prime Minister of Israel, what measure will he take to rescue 239 hostages hidden in the tunnels in Gaza?!.

7. Were the hospital staffs forced to harbour HAMAS?!.

8. Is there any consequence for harbouring terrorists in international wars?!.


9. Does Ramaphosa think the state of Israel has every right to exist?!.


10. If not by war, How does Ramaphosa think HAMAS will be defeated?!.


11. Hamas has fired more than 10,000 rockets into Israel civilian area from the Tunnels under the hospital, how does Ramaphosa want Israel to stop HAMAS if not by war?!.


Ramaphosa should rather bite off his tongue on this issue. Person wey never fight war before dey dictate one stupid law for a country that has faced 8 great offensive wars from a league of nation that only wants her annihilation.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by WannaHowzit(m): 3:10am On Nov 16, 2023
South Africa has seen some unrest over the Gaza war with the Mandela family expressing support for the people of Palestine.

Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by CoronaVirusPro: 3:26am On Nov 16, 2023
Fvck Israel!

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by WannaHowzit(m): 3:37am On Nov 16, 2023
CoronaVirusPro:
Fvck Israel!

Iran should fulfill its desire to wipe that racist country off the face of the planet. South Africa is emboldened coz we know China & Russia will nuke the US as Iran obliterates apartheid jews. A multipolar world order is in the making - US/Israel alliance will be defeated.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by Lovemeharder(f): 3:43am On Nov 16, 2023
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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by ipobarecriminals: 3:51am On Nov 16, 2023
WannaHowzit:


Iran should fulfill its desire to wipe that racist country off the face of the planet. South Africa is emboldened coz we know China & Russia will nuke the US as Iran obliterates apartheid jews. A multipolar world order is in the making - US/Israel alliance will be defeated.
Wake up from yo bad dreams and smile the ☕️ grin cool. This is what u get when u go wake up trouble..DEATH to ALL TERRORISTS and their supporters cool

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by smokinloud(m): 3:51am On Nov 16, 2023
CoronaVirusPro:
Fvck Israel!

It still does not affect the fact that HAMAS will be destroyed!.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by WannaHowzit(m): 4:00am On Nov 16, 2023
ipobarecriminals:
Wake up from yo bad dreams and smile the ☕️ grin cool. This is what u get when u go wake up trouble..DEATH to ALL TERRORISTS and their supporters cool

The older i get, the more i realize the world needs a stronger China & Russia to counter the US and its minions like apartheid Israel. Israel's holocaust 2.0 is loading - even white Europeans don't like Israel. White worshipping, bible brainwashed Nigerians will commit suicide that day.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by WannaHowzit(m): 4:01am On Nov 16, 2023
smokinloud:


It still does not affect the fact that HAMAS will be destroyed!.

Hamas was created by Israel's oppressive apartheid policies. They're freedom fighters.

Brainwashed white worshippers will never comprehend.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by smokinloud(m): 4:08am On Nov 16, 2023
WannaHowzit:
Naledi Pandor (SA Foreign Minister)

The world has seen enough of the tragedy in Gaza and it is time for countries to use their influence over Israel to put a stop to “this real crime against humanity”, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has said.

South Africa was one of the few countries that cut ties with Israel in response to its attack on the Gaza Strip.

Pandor told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that her government may refer Israel to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as it continues its assault on Gaza.

“We are appalled at how this horror and tragedy that is unfolding continues to get worse and worse. I think the world has seen enough, and it is time for the most powerful in the world to put a stop to this horror that Israel is unfolding against the people of Palestine,” she said.

“It is only countries that have influence over Israel who can stop this real crime against humanity that we are seeing right before our eyes.”

The Palestinian people experience conditions similar to those in apartheid South Africa, she added.

South Africa has been outspoken about the plight of Palestinians and recalled its diplomats from Israel this month, as the death toll from Israel’s bombardment of Gaza continues to climb.

Palestinian authorities have said that more than 11,200 people in Gaza, more than a third of them children, have been killed since Israel began its attack on the Gaza Strip in retaliation for an attack by Hamas that Israeli authorities say killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians.

While that attack by Hamas was widely condemned, Israel’s response has garnered criticism as a campaign of relentless air strikes has wiped out entire neighbourhoods and as an Israeli siege chokes off access to necessities such as food, fuel and electricity for Gaza’s 2.3 million residents.

The United Nations has said that about 70 percent of people in Gaza have been displaced, with few options for safe haven as Israeli strikes pound every corner of the Strip, including areas that Israel told Palestinians they should relocate to in order to avoid the fighting.

“We would have anticipated that the ICC would react much earlier because thousands of people have been mowed down,” Pandor said. “And these are innocent Palestinian people who have suffered decades of harassment and occupation.”

That occupation, she said, also has “very, very clear similarities,” to some of the practices that defined apartheid South Africa.

“We know people cannot own property, [and] that property can be seized without any compensation, which is what we experienced in our own country. People have to carry identity documents that reflect your ethnicity rather than citizenship. All of this is part of the apartheid feature,” Pandor told Al Jazeera.

“So, there can be no denial that the corollary between the conduct of the Israeli state against the people of Palestine is so closely aligned to the apartheid conduct.”

THIS SOUTH AFRICA FOREIGN MINISTER IS A FOOL!.

WHAT IS THE COROLLARY?!.
BANNING NAKBAR ( A CELEBRATION TO CURSE THE JEWS)?!

OR NOT ALLOWING INDIVIDUALS THE FULL OWNERSHIP OF LANDED PROPERTIES?!.


ISRAEL IS A SOVEREIGN STATE AND CAN MAKE HER OWN LAWS INDEPENDENTLY.


MAKING LANDOWNERSHIP THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF ISRAEL GOVERNMENT IS NOT APARTHEID UNLESS SHE THINKS ISRAEL SHOULD BE CONTROLLED BY PALESTINE!.


ISRAEL DON'T OWE PALESTINE A DIME!. HOW CAN A GROWN UP WOMAN BE BLAMING ISRAEL FOR PALESTINIANS WOES. IS SHE EVEN NORMAL AT ALL?!.

HAMAS HAS THE MONEY TO BUY RPG AND MUNITIONS BUT CAN'T BUILD A DESALINATION PLANTS FOR HER CITIZENS TO DRINK POTABLE WATER?!.

HAMAS HAS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD TUNNELS BUT CAN'T PROVIDE ELECTRICITY FOR PALESTINIANS?!.

PALESTINE CAN'T FEED HERSELF BUT YOU BLAME ISRAEL FOR HER WOES?!. IS THIS WOMAN EVEN NORMAL AT ALL?!.


CAN SOMEONE JUST TELL THIS WOMAN THAT APARTHEID ONLY HAPPENS WHEN 2 RACES SHARE ONE COUNTRY WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ISRAEL!.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by smokinloud(m): 4:12am On Nov 16, 2023
WannaHowzit:


Hamas was created by Israel's oppressive apartheid policies. They're freedom fighters.

Brainwashed white worshippers will never comprehend.


Apartheid?!.


Do you think Israel has full right to independently make laws in her own country?!.

How is that apartheid?!.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by ipobarecriminals: 4:14am On Nov 16, 2023
WannaHowzit:


The older i get, the more i realize the world needs a stronger China & Russia to counter the US and its minions like apartheid Israel. Israel's holocaust 2.0 is loading - even white Europeans don't like Israel. White worshipping, bible brainwashed Nigerians will commit suicide that day.
U knw nothing. CHINA AND RUSSIA grin grin..

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by WannaHowzit(m): 4:15am On Nov 16, 2023
smokinloud:



Apartheid?!.


Do you think Israel has full right to independently make laws in her own country?!.

How is that apartheid?!.

You think u can steal people's land like this and not create anger, frustration and therefore Hamas?

Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by smokinloud(m): 4:16am On Nov 16, 2023
WannaHowzit:


Hamas was created by Israel's oppressive apartheid policies. They're freedom fighters.

Brainwashed white worshippers will never comprehend.
Many years back Nigeria deported roughly 1 million Ghanaians for the fear of them taking our jobs. Is that apartheid?!.

South Africa has been deporting other Africans. Are they apartheid too?!.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by smokinloud(m): 4:17am On Nov 16, 2023
WannaHowzit:


You think u can steal people's land like this and not create anger, frustration and therefore Hamas?

I didn't ask for forged map from you. Let's have a decent discourse. You and I know that this map is a lie and Palestine only began to exist after the six-day war of 1967 and never as a sovereign state!.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by WannaHowzit(m): 4:17am On Nov 16, 2023
smokinloud:

Many years back Nigeria deported roughly 1 million Ghanaians for the fear of them taking our jobs. Is that apartheid?!.

South Africa has been deporting other Africans. Are they apartheid too?!.

Do u even know what apartheid means?
Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by smokinloud(m): 4:20am On Nov 16, 2023
WannaHowzit:


Do u even know what apartheid means?

School me!.
What does apartheid mean?!.
And how is Israel guilty of apartheid?!.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by Timoleon(m): 4:23am On Nov 16, 2023
WannaHowzit:


The older i get, the more i realize the world needs a stronger China & Russia to counter the US and its minions like apartheid Israel. Israel's holocaust 2.0 is loading - even white Europeans don't like Israel. White worshipping, bible brainwashed Nigerians will commit suicide that day.

Israel is not a minion to USA. USA is a minion to Israel.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by WannaHowzit(m): 4:26am On Nov 16, 2023
smokinloud:

I didn't ask for forged map from you. Let's have a decent discourse. You and I know that this map is a lie and Palestine only begin to exist after the six-day war of 1967 and never as a sovereign state!.


Lol, Israel was established in 1948. So WTF (1967) 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️😂😂😂🇳🇬👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾
Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by Isobug: 4:27am On Nov 16, 2023
Mtweee....Small yanch de check......Upon everything na ISREAL be your problem. While not tell HAMAS to release the ISREAL hostages and case will die a natural death. As far as those hostages are there, no body, I repeat no human will stop the continues invasion of Gaza. They should do the needful

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by Timoleon(m): 4:28am On Nov 16, 2023
smokinloud:


School me!.
What does apartheid mean?!.
And how is Israel guilty of apartheid?!.

What does it matter? If he explains it to you, will you accept it? If he’s able to school you, will you stop the genocide? Do you have any iota of influence over what’s happening in Gaza?

Israel doesn’t make its policies on Palestinians based on comments on Nairaland.
Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by WannaHowzit(m): 4:29am On Nov 16, 2023
smokinloud:


School me!.
What does apartheid mean?!.
And how is Israel guilty of apartheid?!.

Since I'm South African I'm more interested in brainwashed white worshipping japagerian theories of apartheid.

Skool my asseblief, tog.
Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by smokinloud(m): 4:29am On Nov 16, 2023
WannaHowzit:


Lol, Israel was established in 1948. So WTF (1967) 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️😂😂😂🇳🇬👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

There was nothing like Palestine state, it was Arab state and Israel, until 1967 after Israel defeat all the Arab states in a six-day war. The Arabs only created Palestine to make Israel look like the Goliath!.
Maybe you think a state was called Palestine before 1967 or maybe you don't even know about the history.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by Isobug: 4:31am On Nov 16, 2023
WannaHowzit:


The older i get, the more i realize the world needs a stronger China & Russia to counter the US and its minions like apartheid Israel. Israel's holocaust 2.0 is loading - even white Europeans don't like Israel. White worshipping, bible brainwashed Nigerians will commit suicide that day.
The play, is it not the Chinese leader Xi ping on his way to US to foster relationship? It is glaring, you can't do without the US, Russia themselves know this fact. The US is there to quell all world's problem, if you like hate them, you can't help it

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by smokinloud(m): 4:33am On Nov 16, 2023
Timoleon:


What does it matter? If he explains it to you, will you accept it? If he’s able to school you, will you stop the genocide? Do you have any iota of influence over what’s happening in Gaza?

Israel doesn’t make its policies on Palestinians based on comments on Nairaland.

Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by WannaHowzit(m): 4:33am On Nov 16, 2023
ipobarecriminals:
U knw nothing. CHINA AND RUSSIA grin grin..

Oops sorry, i meant Nigeria ruled by a cocaine sniffer. Not China & Russia, they're pikins compared to Japageria.
Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by Timoleon(m): 4:33am On Nov 16, 2023
Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by WannaHowzit(m): 4:38am On Nov 16, 2023
Isobug:

The play, is it not the Chinese leader Xi ping on his way to US to foster relationship? It is glaring, you can't do without the US, Russia themselves know this fact. The US is there to quell all world's problem, if you like hate them, you can't help it

Lol, same US that bombed Iraq misleading the world there were weapons of mass destruction over there. Neither Bush or Blair have been prosecuted since 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾

@bolded Blinken and Yellen were in China first. XI is responding to the S licking.

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Re: South Africa Refers Israel To International Criminal Court For War Crimes (PIX) by WannaHowzit(m): 4:48am On Nov 16, 2023
smokinloud:


There was nothing like Palestine state, it was Arab state and Israel, until 1967 after Israel defeat all the Arab states in a six-day war. The Arabs only created Palestine to make Israel look like the Goliath!.
Maybe you think a state was called Palestine before 1967 or maybe you don't even know about the history.

Lol, apartheid ideology! So the jews found baboons on the land they now call Israel as the boers think SA history only began when they arrived in 1652?

Im so glad I'm not a white worshipper & brainwashed by the bible.

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