Johnathan Paoli
International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor has expressed her resolve in assisting the people of Palestine, and confirmed that there is an urgent application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel, in light of Israel’s invasion of Rafah.
Minister Pandor was delivering the opening address at the Global Anti-Apartheid Conference in Palestine on Friday and said Israel’s relentless offensive has claimed the lives of at least 34 568 people, most of whom are women and children.
“We need to stress that there can be no solution to the situation for as long as the international community continues to ignore Israel’s systematic human rights transgression and settler colonial apartheid project and, through it, sustains the illegal Israeli settler project at the cost of Palestinian liberation,” Pandor said.
The urgent application follows the escalation of Israel’s assault on Rafah, which poses extreme risk to humanitarian supplies, basic services into
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