Russia about to be thrown out of the World Cup by FIFA. The same FIFA that has repeatedly advised Palestinians its hands are tied on Israel as "sport and politics don't mix".
Israel: Ukraine’s territorial integrity must be respected. Russia is violating international order.
Also Israel: we will bomb Gaza whenever we feel like it and we have the right to maintain an indefinite military occupation.
So South Africa, with their 2500 new cases, mask mandates, compulsory hand sanitiser stations and curfew, has been put on the red list of a country with 46,000 new cases who haven’t been wearing masks for months.
SA scientists identify a variant, and the country gets punished.