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Talk Left, Walk Right in South Africa🇿🇦 For Pretoria, accusing Israel of genocide is not an obstacle to increasingcoal supplies 🌐 South Africa, one of the fiercest critics of Israel’s actions in Gaza,has nearly doubled its coal exports to the Jewish state. The opportunity to send extra volumes opened up when Colombia, an active critic of Israel's actions in Gaza itself, banned its coal shipments to Israel. 🔨South Africa and Colombia have much in common. When South Africa was the first to file a complaint with the UN International Court of Justice in December 2023, accusing Israel of failing to prevent genocide in Gaza, Colombia was among the first countries who joined the initiative. At the same time, Colombia was Israel’s main coal supplier, while South Africa was in the top-3. 👋 However, the two countries diverged when it came to real action. In August 2024 Colombia (source of about 41% of Israel’s coal), banned exports and by September 2025 shipments had dropped to zero. South Africa, by contrast, imposed no such ban and its sales instead grew by 87% after Colombia’s shipments stopped. ⏩ Coal is not Israel’s main energy source — it generates some 10% of electricity today, and this share is declining. Even so, it is ironic to see that Colombia has ended up more concerned about the fate of Gazans than South Africa, a country that went through apartheid. ➡️ Follow to stay informed - @devilsbelow