hello and welcome to press tv, spotlight at marc hashimi, thanks so much for being with us. scenes like those from apocalyptic films are taking place in real time in gaza every day, except that these scenes are not from a movie, but living nightmare. this has the israeli regime continues its genocide against the native palestinian population, killing tens of thousands of people. many in the world have had enough, and now south africa has filed an application with the international court of justice to charge israel with genocide. we're going to take a look at this on the spotlight. i'd like to welcome my guests to the program. fid sak scholar, writer and board member africa for palestine, johannesburg and... shaw, academic and commentator out of new york. thank you both for being with me. well, let's start it off in johannesburg, and farid. well, farid, why do you think your country has been the first one to take such a step against israel? well, um, south africa is a country that has a significant reputation for. having lived under and died under a regime of the brutalization of people