There are Zionist supporters and there are Palestinian supporters in our country. Most people here are appalled at what Israel is doing in Palestine and wish for a two state solution. Israel is a sovereign state even though it is an irresponsible one in our view. Supporting Israel in South Africa is no more illegal than supporting Palestine. Whilst most SAfricans agree that action must be taken against Israel, the issue is simply why us? We are far away and Palestine has a host of surrounding nations which could and ought to have taken action. It has become such an issue here that certain media outlets are claiming that Iran funded the ANC government's future election costs to get our country to proceed with the ICJ case. Then there was the call between Hamas and our Foreign Minister shortly after the Hamas attack. It all casts doubts against our government's bona fides behind launching the ICJ challenge. The Irish government and many other nations are now supporting SAfrica. Does that help any? No. Those nations are inconsequential to our economy. We are facing the wrath of the western nations who question why our government did not act against Russia in the same manner. At the end of the day, many people around the world are applauding SAfrica. The SAfricans however are the ones who are suffering the economic downfall of our government's decision. There are plenty of wars all around the world and on our doorsteps. There are many nations which carpet bomb their enemies and even their own people without any regard for the consequences. I am neither condoning their action nor Israel's. Many people's only concern is why we, as SAfricans have to bear the economic consequences of some holy or unholy war far far away in the Middle East. I guess that their concern is justified.