For decades, the South African heroes who led the anti-Apartheid struggle in their country compared the repression of white-supremacist Apartheid South Africa to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land.

Ahead of the International Court of Justice’s initial decision on whether it will accept South Africa’s request for provisional measures against Israel - who it alleges has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza - @ainajkhan delves into a brief history of South African allyship with the Palestinian cause.