“Namibia slams Germany’s support of Israel against genocide claim
By
Donald Matthys
14 January 2024
President Hage Geingob has expressed deep concern over Germany’s decision to support Israel against South Africa’s accusation that it is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
This comes after the German government announced its intent to intervene as a third party in South Africa’s case against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), with Germany cautioning against the “political instrumentalization” of the charge of genocide that South Africa is levelling against Israel.
Geingob in a statement on Saturday said the timing of Germany’s stance, given its historical responsibility for the first genocide of the twentieth century on Namibian soil, raises troubling questions about its moral compass.
Geingob, highlighting Germany’s unresolved culpability for the Namibian genocide of 1904 to 1908, criticised Germany’s inability to learn from its past. (…)”
- Full news report on the website of The Namibian (checked in January 2024)
- Media release of the Namibian Presidency “Namibia rejects Germany’s Support of the Genocidal Intent of the Racist Israeli State against Innocent Civilians in Gaza” of 13 January 2024