{"id":6743,"date":"2025-09-13T20:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/?p=6743"},"modified":"2025-09-13T20:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:01:47","slug":"mps-debate-south-africas-genocide-case-against-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/subsaharanafricablog\/2025\/09\/13\/mps-debate-south-africas-genocide-case-against-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs Debate South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The South African parliament met in the international court of justice and discussed the situation of Israel and Palestine and what action they need to take on. The debate was very mixed with different MPs wanting to handle the situation differently. For example, MP Steve Swart who just recently visited Israel is quoted saying he was sad about the losses of both sides but he thinks the role of Hamas is being overlooked. Many members like Ryan Smith say that the South African government is too inconsistent when it comes to international relations like this. The ICJ eventually found reason to accuse Israel of genocide which means that now the South Africa government can take actual action on the problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think that it’s a good sign that parliament is discussing this topic because of Ryan’s comment about the government being inconsistent. This could be a huge hit for South Africa because they get imports of diamonds which aren’t the most important but also important machinery like boilers and nuclear reactors from Israel. So if ties are severed between the two nations that could mean the government, who is already known for not being consistent in international relations, will have to find new ways to get these machines which could take a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Africa’s options to handle this post meeting decision is to either cut off all association with Israel, which is the more likely option, which includes trade, negotiations, and policies. Another option is they could go extreme and only cut off their exports to Israel and tell them they aren’t going to open up their exports until they solve the issue in palestine. The big problem is that if it was that easy they would’ve done it already, but, if South Africa is able to get others on the same boat they can cut off Israels imports placing pressure on the to create peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article relates to the slave labor of lithium that we learned in class. The solutions to both problems are very similar where to stop the illegal slave labor the US could shut down their import of lithium to protest the use of illegal labor in the DRC. While the solution to the South Africa, Israel situation could be to gather help to limit imports and exports of Israel goods to protest the war and place pressure on Israel to find a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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