Now THIS is why i read Al Jazeera. I'm just going to post some highlights, but go read the whole article.
South Africa's legal war over Gaza
By Imran Garda
"We've identified about 75 South Africans who we believe served in the IDF at one point or the other," Boda says.
The lawyers say some of their evidence can be found on public profiles on social networking sites like Facebook.
Al Jazeera logged on to Facebook and quickly found photographs of South Africans proudly showing off their stints fighting for the Israeli army.
There is a dizzying array of similar photographs on the website, featuring smiling young men striking gladiatorial poses with weapons that, according to Goldstone, belonged to an army committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
Beneath the pictures are captions such as: "These are the presents we sent the Gaza residents daily."
As a signatory to the Rome Statute, South Africa could theoretically arrest and prosecute these individuals for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity - which is why lawyers like Boda are confident they can set up a war crimes court in South Africa.
South Africa's most influential Jewish organisation, the Jewish Board of Deputies, strongly condemned the Goldstone report and has been quick to dismiss the Gaza docket.
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