# The The South African Communist Party has welcomed the advisory opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice reaffirming the Palestinian people’s right to an independent and sovereign statehood and self-determination. The SACP’s Pius Vilakati says this fundamental right has been suppressed by the apartheid Israeli regime since it invaded and occupied Palestine from 1947. He says the apartheid Israeli regime has used starvation as part of its genocidal assault on Gaza, and blocking urgently needed humanitarian aid:
SACP says apartheid Israeli regime has used starvation as part of its genocidal assault on Gaza [SOUND]
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