The South African government—the same one that took Israel to the International Court of Justice in The Hague on accusations of genocide in Gaza—had an opportunity on Nov. 13 to demonstrate its moralistic integrity to the entire world.

A charter flight carrying about 150 Palestinians from Gaza arrived at Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport in South Africa. It was a chance for the country to display the morality, principles and genuine compassion its leaders have long preached about.

They failed on all counts.

Rather than being greeted with compassion, travelers were treated with contempt, detained on the tarmac for 12 difficult hours amid chaos, panic and bureaucratic paralysis. Because, as it turns out, it seems that chanting slogans and grandstanding at international ins

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