ICC Is Tool Used by the West

Membership in some supranational organizations can trap member countries into risking their sovereignty at the behest of such bodies, often without their awareness.

- Eric Mthobeli Naki

It's a common occurrence in the international political system, especially with organizations like the International Criminal Court (ICC), an international body that can infringe upon a country's sovereignty.

That South Africa resorted to approaching the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and subsequently the ICC does not make this court a body that has suddenly become Africa's good friend. Instead, in the minds of many, the court remains a tool of the West with which it whips Africa and all enemies of the Western world.

But the ICC's decision to charge Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, with genocide and war crimes is changing the view of the court as a Western puppet.

It gives hope that the winds of change have begun to sweep through the corridors of The Hague. The fact that South Africa's case at the ICJ was joined by countries worldwide, including some in Europe, is a clear sign that the world had had enough of the killings in Gaza.