MEDIA ALERT
30 December 2023
GIWUSA welcomes the South African government’s application to the International Court of Justice
(ICJ) against the apartheid state of Israel for its genocide against the people of Palestine, mentioning
in particular the indiscriminate bombing of hospitals schools and mosques, its targeted assassination
of doctors and journalists in its ongoing extermination of the people of Gaza. However, we are calling
for more pressure to be applied, by all legal and legitimate means to end the genocide, the occupation
and the system of apartheid which Israel is imposing on Palestinians – including supporting armed
resistance.
In a bold move, the South African government filed an application on the 28th of December 2023 to
the ICJ, the highest judicial body of the UN. The application makes several references to the urgency
and gravity of the matter.
That said, it is important to note that the ICJ is a civil tribunal that hears disputes between countries
and is largely an ineffectual tool of world empires. It is up to the UN Security Council (UNSC) to
enforce decisions by the ICJ and the USA has veto power over the UNSC.
We therefore call on the government of South Africa to go much further and to heed the urgent call
from civil society to meet the following demands:
To cut all diplomatic ties with the genocidal state of Israel
To begin the process of prosecuting South African citizens who participate in the Israeli Military(IDF)
To impose a trade embargo and sanctions on Israel with immediate effect
Urgent sustainable ceasefire
Active and material support for armed resistance to support Palestinians’ right to resist against
Israeli military occupation and settler terrorism
We further call on all people of good conscience boycott all cultural, academic, sports and trade with
Israel and to continue organising marches and solidarity events.
The people of Palestine have every right to exist, and as the saying goes “existence is resistance”.Issued by GIWUSA
For comment call:
Mametlwe Sebei – 081 368 0706
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