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New Delhi: One of the most memorable moments underlining South Africas long-standing support for the Palestinian cause was in 1990, when Nelson Mandela, while meeting African leaders in Algiers just two weeks after being released from jail, donned a black and white Palestinian scarf known as the keffiyeh..
Your name is revered by millions in South Africa, Mandela said at the banquet dinner held in Cape Town on 11 August 1998, in honour of his guest..
With South Africa taking Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over alleged war crimes and genocide in Gaza, its clear that Mandelas policy on the Israel-Palestine conflict endures...
But putting aside South Africas long-standing support for the Palestinian cause, experts say there could be other motives for the country to take this case to the ICJ, especially during an election year..
South Africas case against Israel at the ICJ comes at a time when the African country is gearing up for elections and as incumbent President Cyril Ramaphosa seeks re-election..
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