"South Africa engaged the International Court of Justice over Gaza, but not for an actual genocide on their own continent?" the pro-Israel senator said.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), one of the Jewish state’s most vocal supporters in Congress who has hung posters in his office of hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, has been protested often by anti-Israel activists, who accuse him of supporting a “genocide” in Gaza.
The day after Washington determined that a genocide was committed in Sudan, he didn’t expect to see any protesters about that.
“Zero dopes have shown up at my home or office, or blocked a road to chant and protest over an actual genocide in Sudan,” Fetterman wrote. “South Africa engaged the International Court of Justice over Gaza, but not for an actual genocide on their own continent? Why is that?”
Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, announced on Jan. 7 that the Rapid Support Forces, which he said in December were guilty of war crimes, had in their continued attacks on civilians “committed genocide in Sudan.”
He announced that Washington was sanctioning RSF leader Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa (known as “Hemedti”), seven RSF-aligned companies and another person.
“The United States does not support either side of this war, and these actions against Hemedti and the RSF do not signify support or favor for the Sudanese Armed Forces,” Blinken stated. “Both belligerents bear responsibility for the violence and suffering in Sudan and lack the legitimacy to govern a future peaceful Sudan.”