The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) has lodged a criminal complaint at Cape Town Central Police Station, calling for South African Benjamin Rattle, who is serving in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), to be prosecuted.
Rattle’s social media accounts indicate that he is from Cape Town but has also lived in Hermanus.
He posted repeatedly on Instagram stating that he was proud to be part of the IDF. One post showed a masked soldier with a light machine gun, standing in front of a bombed building and rubble in the Gaza Strip.
The caption stated “From the river to the sea we shall set Israel free.”
Another post stated “nice to take a little break from the battlefield” and another said “end of advanced training, on to 8 special months”…..more
