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South Africa’s legal effort to declare Israel’s actions ‘genocidal in character’ poses dilemma for Canada (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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“I don’t believe the Canadian government even studies the validity of legal applications like this to the ICJ or the moral imperatives of holding perpetrators of international crimes to account,” he said. “It will immediately position itself to protect Israel from scrutiny under international law, and then find some legal arguments that fit the bill.”

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Potentially however I think what's lost is people not understanding the complexity of the relationship between Russia and SA. Regardless of how we may feel as outsiders, they have a deep relationship. It's no different than Canada and the UK.

https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/union-soviet-socialist-republics-ussr-and-anti-apartheid-struggle

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