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A Kenyan, Washington Okumu, described as a professor or a diplomat, was credited with the negotiation. But few observers knew who he was.In his memoir, the US ambassador to South Africa in 1994, Princeton Lyman, reflected on Okumu’s mysterious appearance: “It is still not clear who invited Okum.
South Africa’s policy impulses are deeply ideological and specifically historical, and its actions cannot be understood without reference to them. The Palestinian cause is a long-standing commitment that speaks to a geopolitical world-view.
Those in support of the action that was taken at the ICJ may by all means agree with and admire the course that was taken. But understand it for what it was: an action in support of a specific ally aimed at a specific enemy (for that is how the ANC views Israel).