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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>President Cyril Ramaphosa said that South Africa\u2019s decision to launch a genocide case against Israel was a matter of human rights and the respect for international law.<\/p>\n

President Cyril Ramaphosa has once again defended South Africa\u2019s support for Palestinians in Gaza, saying government was not being inconsistent in its foreign policy.<\/p>\n

He said the move to approach the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on genocide claims against Israel should also not be viewed as being against South Africa\u2019s Jewish community.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Cape Town Press Club on Thursday, Ramaphosa dispelled claims that government had congratulated Palestinian militant group Hamas for its 7 October attacks on Israel.<\/p>\n

However, he said that Israel\u2019s retaliation on Palestinians in Gaza had been disproportionate.<\/p>\n

President Cyril Ramaphosa said that South Africa\u2019s decision to launch a genocide case against Israel was a matter of human rights and the respect for international law.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, South Africa once again applied to the court to consider Israel\u2019s military operation in Rafah – the last safe zone in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Ramaphosa said that government was challenging the hypocrisy of nations who believed they could teach South Africa lessons on human rights.<\/p>\n

“Yes, we have a big mouth when it comes to issues of human rights and we will not be silenced. We will continue to use this big mouth that we have.”<\/p>\n

Ramaphosa also responded to a Jewish Cape Town resident, who claimed the move makes South Africa complicit in a genocide against Jewish communities around the world.<\/p>\n

“When I met the Jewish Board of Deputies, I spoke out about any form of attack against South African Jews, any form of threatening or attack on their business, because in the end we are all South Africans.”<\/p>\n

He said that South Africa would continue to speak out against oppression, discrimination and suffering wherever it occured.<\/p>\n

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

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