WHILE the ICJ genocide case has grabbed headlines for the past weeks, one coincidence that many analysts do not talk about concerns the parallels between South Africa and Israel, as well as between the ANC and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).
This article examines the similarities and contradictions that the genocide case exposes and its implications for the ANC and the PLO.
The centrality of Hamas in the latest events in Palestine is not a coincidence but a necessary political development that the ANC itself is experiencing. Both the Oslo Accords and the CODESA negotiations, which the PLO and the ANC led, respectively, are now under intense scrutiny.
The prominence of Hamas in Gaza is a direct consequence of internal struggles within the Palestinian community, fuelled by the perceived close relations between the PLO and Israel.
This dynamic bears resemblance to a growing sentiment within South Africa,
