The case brought by South Africa, the country that volunteered alone to prosecute the occupying entity for the first time, raised questions about the reasons for this solidarity. Settlers of European descent rose to power in South Africa after nominal independence from Britain in 1948.
For more than four decades they led one of the most racist regimes in modern history, as they pursued a policy of apartheid or isolated islands. Despite the great history of settlement in South African and Palestine, Zionist settlement excelled in its racist policies by adding unique improvements.