S.Africa urges more countries to stand up to Israel’s ‘genocidal activities’

More countries must recognise a Palestinian state and stand up to Israel to stop its “genocidal activities”, South Africa’s Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola told AFP in an interview Tuesday.

Pretoria has been a leading critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza, bringing a case before the UN’s top court in December 2023 arguing that its war in the Palestinian territory amounted to genocide.

As some of Israel’s allies “are now also saying, no, this can’t continue, it means that it is bringing us closer…