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Tony Leon | The ANC's moral blindness when it comes to Hamas

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President Cyril Ramaphosa watching the International Court of Justice deliver its verdict on provisional measures in South Africa's case against Israel during an NEC meeting earlier this year. (Alfonso Nqunjana/News24)

President Cyril Ramaphosa watching the International Court of Justice deliver its verdict on provisional measures in South Africa's case against Israel during an NEC meeting earlier this year. (Alfonso Nqunjana/News24)

Tony Leon examines several possible explanations as to why the South African government does not regard Hamas as a terrorist organisation.

Recently in Parliament, in answer to a question by DA MP GR Krumbock, Naledi Pandor, minister of international relations and co-operation, stated that "South Africa does not consider Hamas" - perpetrator of the mass slaughter of civilians in Israel on 7 October, "as a terrorist organisation".

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