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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>South African citizens joining the Israeli army amid the ongoing Gaza conflict could face prosecution back home, the Foreign Ministry has warned.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe South African Government is gravely concerned by reports that some South African citizens and permanent residents have joined or are considering joining the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) in the war in Gaza and in the other Occupied Palestinian Territories,\u201d a ministry statement said on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch action can potentially contribute to the violation of international law and the commission of further international crimes, thus making them liable for prosecution in South Africa,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

The ministry further said that any South African wanting to serve in a foreign army should first apply to the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC) which makes a \u201crecommendation to the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans that such an application be granted or refused.\u201d<\/p>\n

Any person joining the Israeli army without the necessary permission of the NCACC is \u201cbreaking the law and can be prosecuted,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. South African citizens joining the Israeli army amid the ongoing Gaza conflict could face prosecution back home, the Foreign Ministry has warned. \u201cThe South African Government is gravely concerned by reports that some South African citizens and permanent residents have joined or are considering joining the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":58332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[274,315,6433,6434,3680,6435,275],"class_list":["post-58333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-israeli-defence-forces-idf","tag-national-conventional-arms-control-committee-ncacc","tag-prosecution","tag-south-africans-joining-idf","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\nSouth Africans joining Israeli army could face prosecution: Foreign Ministry - 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