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If precedent is adhered to, South Africa’s case for provisional measures is likely to succeed. But the bigger concern is whether an International Court of Justice order will stop Israel from continuing with its brutal actions in Gaza.
While Parliament can’t instruct the executive on its foreign policy, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor said it would be up to the president to initiate a discussion in Cabinet on the parliamentary motion which was initiated by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).
Cabinet announced this week that it deemed Israeli Ambassador Eliav Belotserkovsky s comments about South Africans in support of the plight of Palestinians untenable and it instructed International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor to take appropriate action.