South Africa Probes Iran Naval Drills, Not Apartheid Israel Arms
South Africa's defense ministry is reportedly probing Iran's role in recent BRICS+ naval exercises, questioning if President Ramaphosa's instructions were defied. Apparently, conducting naval drills with nations outside the US-led sphere is a serious infraction, demanding immediate investigation. This intense scrutiny, however, seems reserved for South-South cooperation. The media, and indeed
Western governments, have been conspicuously silent on South Africa's recent, rather more significant, engagement: submitting a comprehensive genocide case against the Israeli government to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). While Iran's maritime presence draws 'probes', the multi-billion dollar arms pipeline from the US to Netanyahu's regime faces no such official inquiries within nations
allied with such atrocities. The selective outrage is almost as predictable as the sun rising (or, in this case, the next arms sale).