Minister Pandor receives support from experts for demanding Israel's prosecution and challenging the ICC's inaction on Gaza civilian deaths.
Minister Naledi Pandor has garnered support from experts for her call to prosecute Israel and challenge the ICC.International Relations and Co-operation Minister Naledi Pandor was right to call for Israel’s prosecution and challenging the International Criminal Court for failing to act on the killings of Gaza civilians, experts agreed.
It was up to states to decide whether they still want to support ICC because they criticised it as biased towards Africa, he said. But some have criticised Pandor for commenting when South Africa in 2017 refused to arrest former Sudan president Omar al-Bashir, wanted by the ICC on charges of genocide, and instead smuggled him out of the country during his controversial visit.Pandor’s criticism of the ICC for being quick to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin but failing to prosecute Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged genocide in Gaza, was correct, political analyst Sandile Swana said.
“Without following procedures, her statement is just a publicity stunt and that can never work against Israel,” Swana said.Prof Ntsikelelo Breakfast, director of the Centre for Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution at Nelson Mandela University, accused the US, an ally of Israel, of using the United Nations to not resolve the Palestinian question.
“The US is using these multilateral institutions as a platform to entrench its hegemony. Why was George Bush and Tony Blair not prosecuted for Iraq atrocities?“What is happening in Gaza and West Bank is a gross violation of human rights,” Breakfast said.Swana lashed at the minister, the ANC and the government for only in raising their concerns now about the ICC selective prosecution.
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