South Africa Severs Ties with Israel Over Gaza Genocide

As a country that suffered for several decades from white supremacist Apartheid rule, and whose resistance movement (African National Congress, ANC) was deemed a "terrorist organization", South Africa is perhaps better positioned than anyone else to make a judgment on the ongoing Jewish barbarity in Gaza. Indeed, the Israeli government back then supported the white supremacist Apartheid regime with weapons and technology against the African resistance movement. It was not until the 1990s that the Boycott movement against the white regime managed to tilt the balance and force western countries like the US - who backed the racist white government - to abandon it. 

Should we expect less from the West with regard to Jewish supremacist Israel and its brutal Apartheid occupation of Palestine?

South Africa's government has recalled Monday its ambassador and diplomatic mission to Israel in condemnation of the bombardment of the Gaza Strip, calling it a “genocide.” The government also threatened action against the Israeli ambassador to South Africa over his recent remarks on the African country's stance on the Israel-Hamas war.

“The South African government has decided to withdraw all its diplomats in Tel Aviv for consultation," said minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni. She added the cabinet noted the “disparaging remarks of the Israeli ambassador to South Africa about those who are opposing the atrocities and genocide of the Israeli government” and that the department of international relations has been instructed to “take the necessary measures within the diplomatic channels and protocols to deal with (his) conduct." Ntshavheni also said the position of the Israeli ambassador in the country was “untenable.”

 Pro-Palestinian protesters — who have been staging demonstrations by the U.S. Consulate in Johannesburg and Israeli embassies in Pretoria and Cape Town — have called on the South African government to expel the Israeli ambassador.

International relations minister Naledi Pandor said the South African officials would be recalled from Tel Aviv to give the government a detailed briefing about the situation in the region. “We need to have this engagement with our officials because we are extremely concerned at the continued killing of children and innocent civilians in the Palestinian territory and we believe the nature of response by Israel has become one of collective punishment,” said Pandor.

The South African government, led by the ruling African National Congress party which has close ties to Palestine, has called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and for aid to be allowed into the bombarded enclave.

South Africa is among other countries to recall their ambassadors to Israel to protest the military operations in Gaza, including Chile, Colombia Honduras. Bolivia severed diplomatic ties with the country.