How apartheid history shaped South Africa's genocide case against Israel

Israel has denounced South Africa's legal action at the international court of justice accusing Israel of genocide and war crimes in Gaza as amounting to support for Hamas. Israel called the charge that it was intentionally killing thousands of Palestinian civilians - which the ICJ is expected to start hearing on Thursday - a "blood libel". Jewish organisations in South Africa accused the ruling African National Congress of siding with terrorism and antisemitism. But South Africa's lawsuit seeking a halt to the Israeli assault on Gaza in response to the Hamas cross-border attack in October comes after years of deteriorating…