Friends in Low Places? Behind South Africa’s New Genocide Case Against Israel
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during a media conference at an EU Africa summit in Brussels, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. European Union leaders on Thursday lauded the bloc's vaccine cooperation with Africa in the fight against the coronavirus, but there was no sign they would move toward a temporary lifting of intellectual property rights protection for COVID-19 shots. Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP
Shortly before South Africa accused Israel in the International Court of Justice of committing genocide in its post-Oct. 7 counteroffensive against Hamas, the South African ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), suddenly resolved its longstanding and crippling debt issues.
Toby Dershowitz is managing director at FDD Action, a non-partisan 501(c)(4) organization established to advocate for effective policies to promote U.S. national security and defend free nations.
