No pun intended, but it feels darkly fitting, during Black History Month, that Black and African resistance to oppression is being criticized.
Earlier this year, South Africa, led by a Black-majority government, accused Israel — and the West by extension — of genocide before the International Court of Justice. The attacks came immediately. Germany, which ought to stand back when the topic is genocide, said South Africa’s “accusation has no basis whatsoever.” More than 200 U.S. lawmakers signed a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemning South Africa, saying the accusation “exposes how far Israel’s enemies will go in their attempts to demonize the Jewish state.”
