South Africa and eight other nations, including totalitarian Cuba, formed the so-called “Hague Group” on Friday with the explicit aim of opposing Israel, and denying it the mean to defend itself against Palestinian terrorist attacks.
The “joint inaugural statement,” signed by Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal, and South Africa, does not include a single Arab state or any nation actually located in the Middle East.
It cites “our obligations to end the Israeli occupation of the State of Palestine [sic] and support the realisation of the inalienable right of the Palestinian People to self-determination, including the right to their independent State of Palestine.” It does not mention Hamas, or terror, at all; the only mention of civilians refers to Palestinian civilians.
South Africa has long led the charge against Israel, most…
