Against the Tide by Steven Friedman

2024-02-01

The International Court of Justice's ruling on Gaza will not directly stop the killing. But it is a powerful weapon in the hands of people who are working to stop it and to ensure that there is peace with justice in Palestine. How much it matters will depend on how well people use it.

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Steven Friedman is a public commentator and an academic, currently employed as a Research Professor at the University of Johannesburg. He has been writing on South African politics for the entire democratic period both as a scholar and public commentator. He has published books on South Africa’s transition to democracy, the role of the trade union movement, and current South African politics. He has also written columns and articles for several South African newspapers. His writing seeks to use academic research to shed light on current politics but to ensure that this is conveyed in a way easily understood by people who have no academic training.