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In reply to the discussion: It genuinely looks like a nuclear weapon hit it. [View all]Ping Tung
(4,237 posts)There are 125 members of the ICC that are required to arrest him if he appears in their nations.
As for Apartheid connections:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93South_Africa_relationsor
In 1947, South Africa voted in favor of the UN Partition Plan to create Israel. During the 1950s and 1960s, Israel criticized the racial policies of South Africa.[2] But from 1967 onwards, Israel deepened relations with the apartheid South African regime,[3] and maintained diplomatic relations with the "Bantustans". Israel and South Africa also had a military alliance, including collaboration on nuclear weapons.. [Up to 1986, Israel also had a vibrant economic relationship but was forced to sanction South Africa in 1987 as a consequence of American pressure.
Relations began to deteriorate after apartheid ended in 1994. Nelson Mandela visited Israel, but was critical of its treatment of Palestinians. In 2019, South Africa downgraded relations with Israel in response to its killing of Gazan protestors. In 2023, during the Gaza war, South Africa sued Israel at the International Court of Justice, accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in violation of the Genocide Convention. Israel currently maintains an embassy in Pretoria and a trade office in Johannesburg, while South Africa has an embassy in Tel Aviv
