South Africa

Rejecting the Bantustan ‘Two-state Solution’, Mandla Mandela Calls for a Single Democratic State in Palestine

January 29, 2024 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Rights of Opressed Peoples, South Africa, South Africa, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy

by Tim Anderson, published on One Democratic State of Palestine , January 29, 2024 Washington and the Israelis understand that the fig leaf of ‘two states’ hides apartheid and prevents the construction of a broad anti-apartheid movement. The popular but fallacious touchstone of a political resolution in Palestine has been a ‘two-state solution’. Washington constantly reverts to this and, more[…]

World Court Orders Israel to Abide by Genocide Convention and Stop Killing

January 27, 2024 UNAC Editor Breaking News, Genocide, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, South Africa

by Sam Husseini, published on Sam’s Substack, January 26, 2024 I put together this news release for accuracy.org this morning: World Court Orders Israel to Abide by Genocide Convention and Stop Killing The International Court of Justice on Friday morning ordered: “The State of Israel shall, in accordance with its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of[…]

Israel on Trial: Historic days in The Hague

January 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Occupation, Political Analysis, South Africa, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, Zionism

by Mahmoud Elenani, published on Peoples Dispatch, January 17, 2024 Egyptian journalist Mahmoud Elenani was in The Hague when South Africa presented its case against Israel to the ICJ, this is his account of those days when history was made With legal precision, South African legal team presented the grounds and evidence for their accusation that Israel is committing genocide[…]

South Africa’s Case at the ICJ Exposes the U.S. and the West

January 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Colonialism, Genocide, Imperial Wars, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, South Africa, U.S. Aggression, US Hypocrisy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January17, 2023 South Africa’s charge of genocide against Israel proves that this very serious word should be used more often instead of being treated as a rarity. The U.S. and the nations of the west have committed countless genocides and their actions must be labeled as such. On January 11, 2024, the[…]

South Africa’s ICJ presentations on Israeli Genocide Against Palestinians

January 18, 2024 UNAC Editor Genocide, Indigenous peoples, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, South Africa

From Israel Palestine News, January 16, 2023 Videos of South Africa’s presentations before the International Court of Justice. A powerful, well researched presentation, well worth your attention. The presentations at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on behalf of South Africa on Jan, 10, 2024 documenting Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people. The bio of each speaker can be[…]

Israel Is Terrified the World Court Will Decide It’s Committing Genocide

January 9, 2024 UNAC Editor Genocide, International Law, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, South Africa

by Marjorie Cohn, published on Truthout.org, January 6, 2023 For nearly three months, Israel has enjoyed virtual impunity for its atrocious crimes against the Palestinian people. That changed on December 29 when South Africa, a state party to the Genocide Convention, filed an 84-page application in the International Court of Justice (ICJ, or World Court) alleging that Israel is committing[…]

Africa and Latin America – Revolutionary Ties

August 24, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, Congo, Nicaragua, Niger, South Africa, The Sahel, Zimbabwe

by Stephen Sefton, published on Tortilla con Sal, August 13, 2023 Latin America and Africa, unite in a history of resistance to colonialism and a passion for sovereignty and peaceful development. [jb] Historically, the United States and its allies only retreat from their aggressive policies and the imposition of their dominance when they suffer a strategic defeat. They never[…]

The War in Ukraine and How Africa Surprised the West

April 4, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, Colonialism, Political Analysis, South Africa

by Ted Snyder, published on Antiwar.com, April 3, 2023 On March 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow. The meeting, at which the two leaders “reaffirm[ed] the special nature of the Russia-China partnership” may be a crucial moment in the emergence of the new multipolar world that is challenging US hegemony. But while the[…]

U.S. Shoots Itself in the Foot in Africa

March 9, 2023 UNAC Editor Africa, China, Ethiopia, Global Trade, International Aid and Debt, South Africa, United Nations

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, March 8, 2023 In Africa as in the rest of the world, US machinations undermine its goals and bring other nations together as they seek to protect themselves from a desperate empire. The US can’t seem to understand that the rest of the world, including Africa, doesn’t like to be pushed around. African nations’ refusal[…]

How Tutu, de Klerk, and Mandela Would End Israeli Apartheid

December 30, 2021 UNAC Editor Israel-Palestine, Middle East Wars, South Africa

by Jeff Warner, published in Mondoweiss, December 28, 2021 An interesting analysis that illuminates Desmond TuTu’s statement that Israeli ‘apartheid’ is worse than South African ‘Apartheid’. And it ends with some practical advice. [jb] With the December 26, 2021, death of Bishop Desmond Tutu, six weeks after the November 11, 2021, death of Frederik Willem de Klerk, and seven years[…]