Johnathan Paoli
International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor has called for an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing conflict between Israel and the people of Palestine in Gazi.
Pandor was speaking in Parliament on Tuesday and said that as a country which lived under the rule of apartheid, South Africa must condemn the illegal occupation of Gaza by Israeli military forces.
“The notion of Israel’s right to defend itself through military means has been used erroneously in international law by many and deliberately by others to justify the unlawful use of force by Israel on the people of Gaza and the West Bank,” Pandor said.
The Minister further questioned the complete silence of international justice concerning the Palestinians and said that the International Criminal court should have issued an immediate arrest warrant for the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
However, Israel has never ratified the Rome Statute, and like the
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