PNN – South Africa’s foreign minister has called for increased security measures after an increase in death threats against her, which appear to be related to her country’s lawsuit against Israel.
According to Pakistan News Network, “Naldi Pandour”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Africa, says that since her country filed a complaint against Israel at the International Court of Justice, death threats against her have increased.
Pandour said he spoke with the police chief about the numerous threatening messages she was receiving and felt it was best to increase security measures to protect her.
The foreign minister of South Africa stated that her concern is more about her family because some of the threats in cyberspace mention the names of her children.
She clarified that Israeli intelligence agencies resort to such threats to silence and intimidate those who speak out against oppression.
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Pandora said: “When the apartheid government [in South Africa] was in the worst conditions, the people of the world and Palestine did not back down. “They were with us in the liberation movement, so we cannot sit back now.”
She added: “We must stand with the Palestinians and one of the things we must not allow to happen is a failure of courage.”
A few weeks ago, the International Court of Justice announced its initial verdict on South Africa’s complaint against Israel and asked Israel to take all necessary measures to prevent the genocide in Gaza.
This court also ordered Israel to report to this court based in The Hague within one month from the issuance of the verdict all the measures it has taken to prevent the genocide. Despite this, The Hague Tribunal did not issue an emergency order to stop the war in Gaza, contrary to South Africa’s request.
International law experts say the fact that the International Court of Justice spent the first 36 minutes of its hearing explaining South Africa’s right to sue Israel shows that the court has not ruled out the possibility of genocide in Gaza. For this reason, the initial verdict a few weeks ago is considered to be a kind of confirmation of genocidal actions by the Israelis.