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[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 107 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The west is really looking bad when South Africa and China are outshining them on this issue.

[–] livus@kbin.social 64 points 7 months ago (1 children)

South Africa's a democracy with a history of opposing Israeli apartheid.

It's really not surprising that it's taking the lead on this.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works -4 points 7 months ago

I imagine it's highly political, and likely directly due to the fact they are an adversary to the US. So let's not get carried away...

But yeah, it's pathetic the US just sent a billion dollars in munitions to Israel.