Calling to Investigate: Were South Africa's Leaders Bribed by Iran to Bring the "Genocide" Case Against Israel?

In December 2023 South Africa filed a complaint in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel, blaming Israel for committing genocide in Gaza. The circumstances prior to this filing were suspicious. Over the past few years, the leaders of South Africa's leading party – the African National Congress Party (ANC) - have been in serious financial debt and on the verge of bankruptcy. Suddenly, in January 2024, the ANC announced that its finances had stabilized. In a letter sent to US Secretary Blinken, the US attorney General and heads of Senate and Congressional committees, more than 150 lawyers led by Shurat HaDin, called the American authorities to initiate an investigation against the ANC leaders under the anti-corruption Magnitsky Act. The letter alleged that the African leaders "participated in acts of significant corruption involving bribery" by accepting payments from Iran to cover the ANC's huge debt, as a payment for bringing the "Genocide" case against Israel in the ICJ.