More than 23,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7th. Around 70% of them are women and children. 85% of the population is forcibly displaced and Israel is still herding them into ever smaller areas, without adequate shelter, in which they continue to be attacked.

Yesterday’s oral hearing of South Africa’s case has been damning and devastating. African men and women stood on the side of Palestinian struggle for liberation and presented a challenge to white-supremacy and colonialism.