Johannesburg, South Africa — The crowd erupted in thunderous applause as Dr Imtiaz Sooliman ascended the stage, dressed in his signature dark green T-shirt emblazoned with South Africa’s flag and the name of his organisation, Gift of the Givers.
The humanitarian had been invited to Cape Town’s Sea Point promenade in October for a rally in support of Palestine, to give protesters enraged about Israel’s genocide in Gaza an update on his aid agency’s work in the war-torn enclave.
He quickly got fired up, sharing how his team in Gaza had lost family members during the Israeli assault…