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South Africa v. Israel[1] is an ongoing case that was brought before the International Court of Justice on 29 December 2023 by South Africa regarding Israel 's conduct in the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war, that resulted in a humanitarian crisis and mass killings. South Africa alleged that Israel had committed and was committing ...
After the first non-racial elections in 1994, South Africa established diplomatic relations with the State of Palestine on February 15, 1995. [1] Former South African President Nelson Mandela had visited both Israel and Palestine and called for peace between both sides. [2] Nevertheless, some prominent South African figures, such as Desmond ...
– South African Prime Minister John Vorster, April 1971 1967–1994 1967–1987: Strategic cooperation In 1967, Israel's victory in the Six-Day War and subsequent occupation of the Sinai and the West Bank alienated it diplomatically from much of the Third World and black Africa, whose nationalist movements began to view Israel as a colonial state. At the same time, Israel became the object ...
Pandor denied expressing support for Hamas and said that she expressed support for the Palestinian people and discussed aid for the people of Gaza. [193] [194] South Africa voted against condemning Hamas at the United Nations. [195] On 29 December 2023, South Africa filed the case South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention) at the ICJ.
On 22 November 1974, United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3236 recognised the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, national independence and sovereignty in Palestine. It also recognised the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, and accorded it observer status in the United Nations.
South Africa: The Foreign Ministry issued a statement calling for de-escalation and blaming the conflagration on "the continued illegal occupation of Palestine land, continued settlement expansion, desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Christian holy sites, and ongoing oppression of the Palestinian people". South Africa affirmed its support of ...
The foreign relations of the State of Palestine have been conducted since the establishment of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1964. [1] Since the Oslo Accords, it seeks to obtain universal recognition for the State of Palestine on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. As of 21 June 2024, 146 of the 193 United ...
The history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict traces back to the late 19th century when Zionists sought to establish a homeland for the Jewish people in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, a region roughly corresponding to the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition. [1][2][3][4] The Balfour Declaration of 1917, issued by the British government ...