South Africa’s Ambassador to Tehran Dr. Francis Moloi gave a very extensive interview to Iran’s Tasnim News on Oct. 7, in which he confirmed, among other things, that South Africa is still pursuing its genocide case against Israel. Moloi started out disputing the Israeli narrative that the current war began on Oct. 7, 2023. “Palestinians have been resisting occupation of their land for the past 76 years (the longest occupation of any people in modern history),” he said. “The Secretary General of the UN is right, the Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 did not take place in a vacuum. For Israel, or anyone for that matter, to suggest that everything started on 7 October 2023 is disingenuous as best and downright dishonest at worst.”
Moloi noted that on May 29, South Africa submitted a “public dossier of evidence” to the UN Security Council. “In essence, that dossier provides evidence that Israel has committed the prohibited crime of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” he said. That dossier includes the following:
• Illustrative examples of genocidal statements by senior Israeli government officials, including by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant….
• Lists of statements by—and audio-visual material of—senior Israeli military officials and of other Israeli soldiers active on the ground in Gaza, evidencing genocidal intent and inciting to genocide, as well as genocidal acts contrary to Articles II and III of the Genocide Convention;
