South Africa Accuses Israel of Genocide, the Situation in Gaza Gets Dire & How Israel’s Private Sector Must Help Palestinians

In this episode, Alex gives a range of updates regarding the situation in Gaza. At the time of the recording, South Africa has put fourth a case to the UN’s International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide. As the death toll in Gaza has passed 23,000 people (mainly civillians), international calls for a ceasefire are increasing and scrutiny towards Israel is mounting. Alex also looks into why South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) sympathizes with the Palestinian cause and also has open diplomatic relations with Hamas. The issue is nuanced because the ANC was seen as a terrorist group itself during the Apartheid years in South Africa, and it looked to Palestinian resistance for hope. Finally, Alex looks into how the dire situation in Gaza is a political situation that Israel must address. It is getting more difficult to think that Israel is just trying to fight Hamas when 85% of Gazans have been relocated and the World Heath Organization says that 80% of the world’s starving people are in Gaza. Alex argues that the Israeli private sector must return to facilitating the transfer of goods to aid groups to reach Gazans; this happened before October 7th with moderate success.