South Africa knows Israhell plots to subvert their elections

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Foreign spies trying to punish South Africa for taking on Israel – minister
Pretoria's security minister has warned of foreign meddling to punish the country over its genocide allegations
https://www.rt.com/news/591729-south-africa-claims-foreign-retaliation-for-israel-genocide-case/

South Africa's government has claimed that it's facing destabilization campaigns by foreign intelligence agencies as retaliation for daring to launch a genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

The country's security minister, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, said her agency has been put on high alert to deal with foreign meddling as the country prepares to hold national elections later this year. "There are international misinformation campaigns which are aimed at destabilizing the country," she told reporters on Thursday in Pretoria. "As the security cluster, we are very focused on that work. We are monitoring, and we are strengthening our capacity."

Ntshavheni confirmed concerns raised earlier this week by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who said foreign governments were using their intelligence agencies to punish Pretoria for accusing Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in its war with Hamas. Neither the security minister nor Ramaphosa identified the foreign adversaries involved in those alleged meddling efforts.

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South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor told reporters on Wednesday that she had spoken with the country's head of police about whether she was being adequately protected amid her criticism of Israel. She claimed at the same briefing that West Jerusalem was disregarding last week's ICJ order to prevent civilian casualties in Gaza while fighting Hamas.

"I believe the rulings of the court have been ignored," Pandor said. "Hundreds of people have been killed in the last three of four days, and clearly, Israel believes it has license to do as it wishes."

More than 27,000 Gazans – primarily civilians – have been killed since the war began in October, according to local health authorities, and the UN has reported that 570,000 people in the besieged enclave are starving. The conflict started when Hamas fighters launched surprise attacks against Israeli villages, killing more than 1,100 people and taking hundreds of hostages back to Gaza.

The ruling African National Congress faces an election later this year in which polls suggest that it could fail to win a legislative majority for the first time since apartheid rule ended in 1994. Ramaphosa's claim of foreign interference may set the stage for a disputed outcome.

"We continue to support the Independent Electoral Commission to make sure that we do not have a threat of cyber interferences from foreign agencies," Ntshavheni said. "We cannot allow for foreign agencies to destabilize our elections."

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Israeli spies threatening my family – South African FM
Naledi Pandor claims to have received intimidating messages arising from the war crimes case against Israel
https://www.rt.com/africa/592176-south-african-minister-israeli-spies-threat-claims/

South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has accused Israeli intelligence of attempting to intimidate her and her family in response to Pretoria's genocide case against the Jewish state in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the war in Gaza.

Pandor told reporters on Thursday in the South African city of Cape Town, on the sidelines of President Cyril Ramaphosa's address to the nation, that she had requested extra security after receiving threatening messages.

"What I'm more concerned about is my family, because in some of the social media messages, my children are mentioned and so on," the diplomat said, according to the local weekly Mail & Guardian.

"The Israeli agents, the intelligence services, [this] is how they behave, and they seek to intimidate you, so we must not be intimidated. There is a cause that is under way," she added.

Pandor's claims follow similar allegations made by Pretoria last week, claiming that the country is facing destabilization campaigns by international intelligence agencies for accusing the Israeli government of war crimes and demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's arrest at the International Criminal Court (ICC). South African Security Minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said her agency has been placed on high alert to prevent foreign interference as Pretoria prepares for national elections later this year.

Israel's military launched a major offensive in Gaza in response to the attack launched on Israeli villages last October by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which killed more than 1,100 people and took hundreds others hostage. Four months of bombing have killed nearly 28,000 people in the Palestinian territory, the majority of whom were women and children, according to the besieged region's health ministry. More than a quarter of Gaza's population is facing famine conditions, according to the latest figures from the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees.

Last week, South Africa claimed that Israel was disregarding a ruling by the ICJ ordering it to prevent civilian deaths while fighting Hamas in Gaza.

On Thursday, Pandor said Pretoria's legal team would be working hard to prepare a case for the next round of arguments before the UN's top court.

"The people of the world and of Palestine didn't draw back when the Apartheid state was at its worst; they stood with the liberation movement. We cannot back down now. We must be with them," the Times Live quoted the minister as saying.